Beta-hairpin peptidomimetics

ABSTRACT

β-Hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula Cyclo(-Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Cys 4 -Xaa 5 -Xaa 6 -Xaa 7 -Xaa 8 -Arg 9 -Tyr 10 -Cys 11 -Xaa 12 -Xaa 13 -Xaa 14 -Xaa 15 -Xaa 16 -), disulfide bond between Cys 4  and Cys11, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with Xaa 1 , Xaa 2 , Xaa 3 , Xaa 5 , Xaa 6 , Xaa 7 , Xaa 8 , Xaa 12 , Xaa 13 , Xaa 14 , Xaa 15  and Xaa 16  being amino acid residues of certain types which are defined in the description and the claims, have CXCR4 antagonizing properties and can be used for preventing HIV infections in healthy individuals or for slowing and halting viral progression in infected patients; or where cancer is mediated or resulting from CXCR4 receptor activity; or where immunological diseases are mediated or resulting from CXCR4 receptor activity; or for treating immunosuppression; or during apheresis collections of peripheral blood stem cells and/or as agents to induce mobilization of stem cells to regulate tissue repair. These peptides can be manufactured by a process which is based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.

The present invention provides β-hairpin peptidomimetics which are having CXCR4 antagonizing activity.

The β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention are Cyclo (-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with Xaa¹ being Tyr or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as described herein below, Xaa² being His, Tyr, Arg or Lys, Xaa³ being Ala or Tyr, Xaa⁵ being Ser or the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type F as described herein below or a γ-amino acid residue of type M or a β-amino acid of type N as described herein below, Xaa⁶ being Ala or a β-amino acid residue of type N as described herein below, Xaa⁷ being -A-CO— as described herein below or the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type D as described herein below, Xaa⁸ being Dab, Arg, Tyr or Thr, Xaa¹² being Tyr or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as described herein below, Xaa¹³ being Gln or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as described herein below, Xaa¹⁴ being Lys, Orn, Ala, Gln or Glu, Xaa¹⁵ being -A-CO— as described herein below or the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type C, or of type D, or of type E, or of type F, as described herein below or a N-substituted glycine of type I as described herein below, and Xaa¹⁶ being —B—CO— as described herein below; with the proviso that Xaa¹ is a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below; and/or Xaa⁵ is the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type F as defined herein below, or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below, or a β-amino acid residue of type N as defined herein below; and/or Xaa⁶ is a β-amino acid residue of type N as defined herein below; and/or Xaa¹² is a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below; and/or Xaa¹³ is a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below; and/or Xaa¹⁵ is the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type C, or of type D, or of type E, or of type F as defined herein below, or an N-substituted glycine residue of type I as defined herein below; and/or Xaa¹⁶ is —B—CO— with B being the enantiomer of group A105 as defined herein below.

In addition, the present invention provides an efficient synthetic process by which these compounds can, if desired, be made in parallel library-format. These β-hairpin peptidomimetics show improved efficacy, bioavailability, and most importantly a significantly enhanced ratio between CXCR4 antagonizing activity on the one hand, and reduced hemolysis of red blood cells and reduced or no cytotoxicity on the other.

Many medically significant biological processes are mediated by signal transduction that involves chemokines and their receptors in general and stromal derived factor 1 (SDF-1/CXCL12) and its receptor CXCR4 in particular.

CXCR4 and its ligand SDF-1 are involved in trafficking of B cells, hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC). For instance, CXCR4 is expressed on CD34+ cells, and has been implicated in the process of CD34+ cell migration and homing (S. M. Watt, S. P. Forde, Vox sanguinis 2008, 94, 18-32). It has also been shown that the CXCR4 receptor plays an important role in the release of stem and progenitor cells from the bone marrow to the peripheral blood (L. M. Pelus, S. Fukuda, Leukemia 2008, 22, 466-473). This activity of CXCR4 could be very important for efficient apheresis collections of peripheral blood stem cells. Autologous peripheral blood cells provide a rapid and sustained hematopoietic recovery following auto-transplantation after the administration of high-dose chemotherapy or radiotherapy in patients with haematological malignancies and solid tumors. (W. C. Liles et al., Blood 2003, 102, 2728-2730).

Recently, it has been demonstrated that SDF-1 is locally up-regulated in animal models of injury including focal ischemic stroke, global cerebral ischemia, myocardial infarction and hind limb ischemia as well as being involved in recovery after peripheral ischemia or following injury to the liver, kidney or lung (A. E. Ting, R. W. Mays, M. R. Frey, W. Van't Hof, S. Medicetty, R. Deans, Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 2008, 65, 81-93 and literature cited herein; F. Lin, K. Cordes, L. Li, L. Hood, W. G. Couser, S. J. Shankland et al., J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2003, 14, 1188-1199; C. C. Dos Santos, Intensive Care Med. 2008, 34, 619-630). These results suggest that SDF-1 may be a chemoattractant for CXCR4-positive stem cells for tissue and organ repair/regeneration (M. Z. Ratajczak, M. Kucia, R. Reca, M. Majka, A. Janowska-Wieczorek, J. Ratajczak, Leukemia 2004, 18, 29-40). Therefore, modulating the SDF-1/CXCR4 axis by CXCR4 inhibitors should result in a significant therapeutic benefit by using released stem cells to regulate tissue repair.

More recently, it has been shown that disrupting the CXCR4/SDF-1 retention axis by CXCR4 inhibitors plays a crucial role in differential mobilization of progenitor cells like HPCs, endothelial (EPCs) and stromal progenitor cells (SPCs) from the bone marrow (S. C. Pitchford, R. C. Furze, C. P. Jones, A. M. Wegner, S. M. Rankin, Cell Stem Cell 2009, 4, 62). In addition, bone marrow-derived CXCR4⁺ Very Small Embryonic-Like Stem Cells (VSELs) were mobilized in patients with acute myocardial infarction indicating a hypothetical reparatory mechanism (W. Wojakowski, M. Tendra, M. Kucia, E. Zuba-Surma, E. Paczkowska, J. Ciosek, M. Halasa, M. Król, M. Kazmierski, P. Buszman, A. Ochala, J. Ratajczak, B. Machalinski, M. Z. Ratajczak J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2009, 53, 1). These findings may be exploited to provide efficacious stem cell therapy for tissue regeneration.

There is increasing evidence suggesting that chemokines in general and the SDF-1/CXCR4 interaction in particular play a pivotal role in angiogenesis. Chemokines induce angiogenesis directly by binding their cognate receptors on endothelial cells or indirectly by promoting inflammatory cell infiltrates, which deliver other angiogenic stimuli. A number of proinflammatory chemokines including interleukin 8 (IL-8), growth-regulated oncogene, stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1), monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1), eotaxin 1, and I-309 have been shown to act as direct inducers of angiogenesis. (X. Chen, J. A. Beutler, T. G. McCloud, A. Loehfelm, L. Yang, H. F. Dong, O. Y. Chertov, R. Salcedo, J. J. Oppenheim, O. M. Howard. Clin. Cancer Res. 2003, 9(8), 3115-3123; R. Salcedo, J. J. Oppenheim, Microcirculation 2003, (3-4), 359-370).

Recently obtained results show that the CXCR4 receptor is involved in the chemotactic activity of cancer cells, such as breast cancer metastasis or in metastasis of ovarian cancer (A. Muller, B. Homey, H. Soto, N. Ge, D. Catron, M. E. Buchanan, T. Mc Clanahan, E. Murphey, W. Yuan, S. N. Wagner, J. L. Barrera, A. Mohar, E. Verastegui, A. Zlotnik, Nature 2001, 50, 410; J. M. Hall, K. S. Korach, Molecular Endocrinology 2003, 17, 792-803.), Non-Hodgin's Lymphoma (F. Bertolini, C. Dell'Agnola, P. Manusco, C. Rabascio, A. Burlini, S. Monestiroli, A. Gobbi, G. Pruneri, G. Martinelli, Cancer Research 2002, 62, 3106-3112), or lung cancer (T. Kijima, G. Maulik, P. C. Ma, E. V. Tibaldi, R. E. Turner, B. Rollins, M. Sattler, B. E. Johnson, R. Salgia, Cancer Research 2002, 62, 6304-6311), melanoma, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, neuroblastomia, pancreatic cancer, multiple myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, endometrial cancer, germ cell tumor (H. Tamamura et al., FEBS Letters 2003, 550, 79-83, cited ref.; Z. Wang, Q. Ma, Q. Liu, H. Yu, L. Zhao, S. Shen, J. Yao, British Journal of Cancer 2008, 99, 1695; B. Sung, S. Jhurani, K. S. Ahn, Y. Mastuo, T. Yi, S. Guha, M. Liu, B. Aggarwal, Cancer Res. 2008, 68, 8938; H. Liu, Z. Pan, A. Li, S. Fu, Y. Lei, H. Sun, M. Wu, W. Zhou, Cellular and Molecular Immunology, 2008, 5, 373; C. Rubie, O. Kollmari, V. O. Frick, M. Wagner, B. Brittner, S. Gräber, M. K. Schilling, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 2008, 68, 635; S. Gelmini, M. Mangoni, F. Castiglioe, C. Beltrami, A. Pieralli, K. L. Andersson, M. Fambrini, G. l. Taddie, M. Serio, C. Orlando, Clin. Exp. Metastasis 2009, 26, 261; D. C. Gilbert, I. Chandler, A. McIntyre, N. C. Goddrd, R. Gabe, R. A. Huddart, J. Shipley, J. Pathol. 2009, 217, 94). Blocking the chemotactic activity with a CXCR4 inhibitor should stop the migration of cancer cells and thus metastasis.

CXCR4 has also been implicated in the growth and proliferation of solid tumors and leukemia/lymphoma. It was shown that activation of the CXCR4 receptor was critical for the growth of both malignant neuronal and glial tumors. Moreover, systemic administration of the CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100 inhibits growth of intracranial glioblastoma and medulloblastoma xenografts by increasing apoptosis and decreasing the proliferation of tumor cells (J. B. Rubin, A. L Kung, R. S Klein, J. A. Chan, Y. Sun, K. Schmidt, M. W. Kieran, A. D. Luster, R. A. Segal, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003, 100(23), 13513-13518; S. Barbero, R. Bonavia, A. Bajetto, C. Porcile, P. Pirani, J. L. Ravetti, G. L. Zona, R. Spaziante, T. Florio, G. Schettini, Cancer Res. 2003, 63(8), 1969-1974; T. Kijima, G. Maulik, P. C. Ma, E. V. Tibaldi, R. E. Turner, B. Rollins, M. Sattler, B. E. Johnson, R. Salgia. Cancer Res. 2002, 62(21), 6304-6311). CXCR4 inhibitors also showed promising in vitro and in vivo efficacies in breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, malignant melanoma, ovarian cancer, rhabdomyo-sarcoma, prostate cancer as well as chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, multiple myeloma and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (J. A. Burger, A. Peled, Leukemia 2009, 23, 43-52 and literature cited herein).

It is well established that chemokines are involved in a number of inflammatory pathologies and some of them show a pivotal role in the modulation of osteoclast development. Immunostaining for SDF-1 (CXCL12) on synovial and bone tissue biopsies from both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) samples have revealed strong increases in the expression levels of chemokines under inflammatory conditions (F. Grassi, S. Cristino, S. Toneguzzi, A. Piacentini, A. Facchini, G. Lisignoli, J. Cell Physiol. 2004; 199(2), 244-251). It seems likely that the CXCR4 receptor plays an important role in inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, or multiple sclerosis (K. R. Shadidi et al., Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 2003, 57, 192-198; J. A. Gonzalo, J. Immunol. 2000, 165, 499-508; S. Hatse et al., FEBS Letters 2002, 527, 255-262 and cited references). The mediation of recruitment of immune cells to sites of inflammation should be stopped by a CXCR4 inhibitor.

To date the available therapies for the treatment of HIV infections have been leading to a remarkable improvement in symptoms and recovery from disease in infected people. Although the highly active anti retroviral therapy (HAART) which involves a combination of reverse transcriptase/protease-inhibitor has dramatically improved the clinical treatment of individuals with AIDS or HIV infection, there have still remained several serious problems including multi drug resistance, significant adverse effects and high costs.

Particularly desired are anti HIV agents that block the HIV infection at an early stage of the infection, such as the viral entry. It has recently been recognized that for efficient entry into target cells, human immunodeficiency viruses require the chemokine receptors CCR5 and CXCR4 as well as the primary receptor CD4 (N. Levy, Engl. J. Med. 1996, 335, 1528-1530). Accordingly, an agent which could block the CXCR4 chemokine receptors should prevent infections in healthy individuals and slow or halt viral progression in infected patients (J. Cohen, Science 1997, 275, 1261-1264).

Among the different types of CXCR4 inhibitors (M. Schwarz, T. N. C. Wells, A. E. I. Proudfoot, Receptors and Channels 2001, 7, 417-428; Y. Lavrovsky, Y. A. Ivanenkov, K. V. Balakin, D. A. Medvedewa, P. V. Ivachtchenko, Mini Rev. Med. Chem. 2008, 11, 1075-1087), one emerging class is based on naturally occurring cationic peptide analogues derived from Polyphemusin II which have an antiparallel β-sheet structure, and a β-hairpin that is maintained by two disulfide bridges (H. Nakashima, M. Masuda, T. Murakami, Y. Koyanagi, A. Matsumoto, N. Fujii, N. Yamamoto, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemoth. 1992, 36, 1249-1255; H. Tamamura, M. Kuroda, M. Masuda, A. Otaka, S. Funakoshi, H. Nakashima, N. Yamamoto, M. Waki, A. Matsumotu, J. M. Lancelin, D. Kohda, S. Tate, F. Inagaki, N. Fujii, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1993, 209, 1163; WO 95/10534 A1).

Synthesis of structural analogs and structural studies by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy have shown that the cationic peptides adopt well defined β-hairpin conformations, due to the constraining effect of the one or two disulfide bridges (H. Tamamura, M. Sugioka, Y. Odagaki, A. Omagari, Y. Kahn, S. Oishi, H. Nakashima, N. Yamamoto, S. C. Peiper, N. Hamanaka, A. Otaka, N. Fujii, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2001, 359-362). These results show that the β-hairpin structure plays an important role in CXCR4 antagonizing activity.

Additional structural studies have also indicated that the antagonizing activity can also be influenced by modulating amphiphilic structure and the pharmacophore (H. Tamamura, A. Omagari, K. Hiramatsu, K. Gotoh, T. Kanamoto, Y. Xu, E. Kodama, M. Matsuoka, T. Hattori, N. Yamamoto, H. Nakashima, A. Otaka, N. Fujii, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2001, 11, 1897-1902; H. Tamamura, A. Omagari, K. Hiramatsu, S. Oishi, H. Habashita, T. Kanamoto, K. Gotoh, N. Yamamoto, H. Nakashima, A. Otaka N. Fujii, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2002, 10, 1417-1426; H. Tamamura, K. Hiramatsu, K. Miyamoto, A. Omagari, S. Oishi, H. Nakashima, N. Yamamoto, Y. Kuroda, T. Nakagawa, A. Otaki, N. Fujii, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Letters 2002, 12, 923-928).

The compounds Cyclo (-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, are cyclic β-hairpin peptidomimetics exhibiting high CXCR4 antagonizing activity, being useful for efficient apheresis collections of mobilized peripheral blood stem cells and/or using these mobilized cells to regulate tissue repair, and having anticancer activity, anti inflammatory activity and anti HIV activity.

The cyclic β-hairpin conformation is induced by the D-amino acid residue Xaa⁷ and the D-amino acid or N-substituted glycine residue Xaa¹⁵ and fostered by the conserved amino acids at positions 4, 9, 10 and 11 within the sequence. Further stabilization of the hairpin conformation is achieved by the disulfide bridge between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹. In addition, incorporation of structural elements derived from β- and γ-amino acids into cyclic β-hairpin peptidomimetics has been realized, a new approach which has not previously been evaluated for development of β-hairpin peptidomimetics of that ring size with CXCR4 antagonizing activity.

Backbone modifications, such as incorporation of β- and/or γ-amino acids into cyclic β-hairpin peptidomimetics may enhance peptide recognition by altering both the electronic conditions of the amide bonds and the degrees of conformational freedom following insertion of one or two additional methylene groups according to β- or γ-amino acids (J. Nurbo, S. D. Peterson, G. Dahl, U. H. Danielson, A. Karlén, A. Sandström, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2008, 16, 5590; G. Guichard, A. Zerbib, F.-A. Le Gal, J. Hoebeke, F. Connan, J. Choppin, J.-P. Briand, J.-G. Guillet, J. Med. Chem. 2000, 42, 3803). Moreover, as human peptidases generally do not recognize peptides containing β- or γ-amino acids these peptides should be more resistant to proteolytic degradation (M.-I. Aguilar, A. W. Purcell, R. Devi, R. Lew, J. Rossjohn, A. I. Smith, P. Perlmutter, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2007, 5, 2884; D. F. Hook, P. Bindschaedler, Y. R. Mahayan, R. Sebesta, P. Kast, D. Seebach, Chem. Biodivers. 2005, 2, 591; P. Zubrzak, H. Williams, G. M. Coast, R. E. Isaac, G. Reyes-Rangel, E. Juaristi, J. Zabrocki, R. J. Nachman, Biopolymers 2007, 88, 76; S. Sagan, Th. Milcent, R. Ponsinet, O. Convert, O. Tasseau, G. Chassaing, S. Lavielle, O. Lequin, Eur. J. Biochem. 2003, 270, 939).

β-hairpin mimetic peptides have been described in the literature (D. Obrecht, M. Altorfer, J. A. Robinson, Adv. Med. Chem. 1999, 4, 1-68; J. A. Robinson, Syn. Lett. 2000, 4, 429-441), and the ability to generate β-hairpin peptidomimetics using combinatorial and parallel synthesis methods has now been established (L. Jiang, K. Moehle, B. Dhanapal, D. Obrecht, J. A. Robinson, Helv. Chim. Acta. 2000, 83, 3097-3112). However, the additional incorporation of structural elements derived from β- and γ-amino acids into β-hairpin mimetics by applying and altering these methods has not previously been evaluated for development of CXCR4 antagonizing peptides of that ring size. The methods described here allow the synthesis and screening of large hairpin mimetic libraries, which in turn considerably facilitates structure-activity studies, and hence the discovery of new molecules with highly potent CXCR4 antagonizing activity or anti cancer activity or anti inflammatory activity or anti HIV activity and low hemolytic activity to human red blood cells.

β-Hairpin peptidomimetics obtained by the approach described here can be used in apheresis collections of peripheral blood stem cells and/or as agents to induce mobilization of stem cells to regulate tissue repair or are useful as anticancer agents, as inhibitors of tumor growth or as apoptosis inducing agents, as anti-metastasis agents, as anti inflammatory agents and as anti-HIV agents.

The β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the present invention are compounds of the general formula Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa²-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹,

wherein Xaa¹ is Tyr or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below,

Xaa² is His, Tyr, Arg or Lys, Xaa³ is Ala or Tyr,

Xaa⁵ is Ser or the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type F as defined herein below or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below or an β-amino acid of type N as defined herein below, Xaa⁶ is Ala or a β-amino acid residue of type N as described herein below, Xaa⁷ is -A-CO— as described hereafter or the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type D as described herein below,

Xaa⁸ is Dab, Arg, Tyr or Thr,

Xaa¹² is Tyr or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as described herein below, Xaa¹³ is Gln or an γ-amino acid residue of type M as described herein below,

Xaa¹⁴ is Lys, Orn, Ala, Gln or Glu,

Xaa¹⁵ is -A-CO— as described herein below or the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type C, or of type D, or of type E, or of type F, as described herein below or a N-substituted glycine residue of type I as described herein below, and Xaa¹⁶ is —B—CO— as described herein below; with the proviso that

-   -   Xaa¹ is a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein         below;         and/or     -   Xaa⁵ is the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type F as         defined herein below, or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as         defined herein below, or a β-amino acid residue of type N as         defined herein below;         and/or     -   Xaa⁶ is a β-amino acid residue of type N as defined herein         below;         and/or     -   Xaa¹² is a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein         below;         and/or     -   Xaa¹³ is a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein         below;         and/or     -   Xaa¹⁵ is the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type C, or of         type D, or of type E, or of type F as defined herein below, or         an N-substituted glycine residue of type I as defined herein         below;         and/or     -   Xaa¹⁶ is —B—CO— with B being the enantiomer of group A105 as         defined herein below;         —B—CO— is Gly, or the residue of an L-α-amino acid with B being         a residue of formula —NR²⁰CH(R⁷¹)—, or —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)—, or         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)— or —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)— or —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)— or the         enantiomer of one of the groups A1 to A69 and A105 as defined         hereinafter;         A of -A-CO— is a group of one of the formulae

R¹ is H; lower alkyl; or aryl-lower alkyl; R² is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;

-   -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)R⁷⁷;         R³ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R⁴ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R⁵ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R⁶ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R⁷ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R⁸ is H; Cl; F; CF₃; NO₂; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl;     -   aryl-lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)R⁷⁷     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COR⁶⁴;         R⁹ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹⁰ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹¹ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹² is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹³ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹⁴ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;.     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SOR⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹⁵ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹⁶ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹⁷ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹⁸ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R¹⁹ is lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(S)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; or         R¹⁸ and R¹⁹ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—;         R²⁰ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; or aryl-lower alkyl;         R²¹ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R²² is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R²³ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R²⁴ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R²⁵ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R²⁶ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁸;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; or         R²⁵ and R²⁶ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;         —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(r);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(r)—; or —(CH₂)_(r)NR⁵⁷(CH₂)_(r)—;         R²⁷ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R²⁸ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)—OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s) SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R²⁹ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R³³ is H; alkyl, alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³⁴R⁶³;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²;         —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COR⁶⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)—CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹,     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸;         R³⁴ is H; lower alkyl; aryl, or aryl-lower alkyl; or         R³³ and R³⁴ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;         —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—;         R⁵⁰ is H; lower alkyl; or aryl-lower alkyl;         R⁵⁵ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl-lower alkyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵²;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³⁴R⁶³; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)—COR⁶⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)COOR⁵⁷; or     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;         R⁵⁶ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl-lower alkyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁷;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³⁴R⁶³; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)—COR⁶⁴;         or     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;         R⁵⁷ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl lower alkyl; or         heteroaryl lower alkyl;         R⁵⁸ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; heteroaryl;     -   aryl-lower alkyl; or heteroaryl-lower alkyl;         R⁵⁹ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; heteroaryl;     -   aryl-lower alkyl; or heteroaryl-lower alkyl; or         R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;         —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or     -   —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—;         R⁶⁰ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; or     -   aryl-lower alkyl;         R⁶¹ is alkyl; alkenyl; aryl; heteroaryl; aryl-lower alkyl;     -   heteroaryl-lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(p)OR⁵⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(p)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²;         —(CH₂)_(p)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR³⁷; or     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;         R⁶² is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl, heteroaryl; or     -   aryl-lower alkyl;         R⁶³ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl, heteroaryl;     -   aryl-lower alkyl; heteroaryl-lower alkyl;     -   —COR⁶⁴; —COOR⁵⁷; —CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁸; —SO₂R⁶²; or —PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; or         R³⁴ and R⁶³ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;         —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—;         R⁶⁴ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; heteroaryl;     -   aryl-lower alkyl; heteroaryl-lower alkyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁶⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁶⁶;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³⁴R⁶³;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²; or         —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²;         R⁶⁵ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl, aryl-lower alkyl;     -   heteroaryl-lower alkyl; —COR⁵⁷;     -   —COOR⁵⁷; or —CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;         R⁶⁶ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; aryl-lower alkyl;     -   heteroaryl-lower alkyl; or     -   —CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;

R⁶⁷ is H; Cl; Br; F; NO₂; —NR³⁴COR⁵⁷; —CF₃; CN; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂;

-   -   —OR⁵⁷; —SR⁶²; lower alkyl; or     -   lower alkenyl;

R⁶⁸ is H; Cl; Br; F; NO₂; —NR³⁴COR⁵⁷; —CF₃; CN; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂;

-   -   —OR⁵⁷; —SR⁶²; lower alkyl; or     -   lower alkenyl;

R⁶⁹ is H; Cl; Br; F; NO₂; —NR³⁴COR⁵⁷; —CF₃; CN; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂;

-   -   —OR⁵⁷; —SR⁶²; lower alkyl; or     -   lower alkenyl;

R⁷⁰ is H; Cl; Br; F; NO₂; —NR³⁴COR⁵⁷; —CF₃; CN; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂;

-   -   —OR⁵⁷; —SR⁶²; lower alkyl; or     -   lower alkenyl;         R⁷¹ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁷⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁷⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹;         —(CH₂)_(p)PO(OR⁶²)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)SO₂R⁶²; or     -   —(CH₂)_(o)—C₆R⁶⁷R⁶⁸R⁶⁹R⁷⁰R⁷⁶;         R⁷² is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁸⁵; or     -   —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁸⁵;         R⁷³ is —(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷;         —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷; or     -   —(CH₂)_(r)NR²⁰(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷;         R⁷⁴ is —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁷⁷R⁸⁰;         —(CH₂)_(p)C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰C (═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)N═C(NR⁷⁸R⁸⁰)NR⁷⁹R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁷⁷R⁸⁰;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄N═C(NR⁷⁸R⁸⁰)NR⁷⁹R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(m)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(m)NR⁷⁷R⁸⁰;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(m)NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(m)N═C(NR⁷⁸R⁸⁰)NR⁷⁹R⁸⁰;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄CNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(m)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(m)NR⁷⁷R⁸⁰;         —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(m)NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(m)N═C(NR⁷⁸R⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁸⁰;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄CNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰COR⁶⁴;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰COR⁷⁷;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; or —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or aryl-lower alkyl; or         R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;         —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; or         R⁷⁵ and R⁸² taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;         —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or     -   —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—;         R⁷⁶ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl-lower alkyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁷²; —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁷²;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵;         —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)SO₂R⁶²; or     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COR⁶⁴;         R⁷⁷ is —C₆R⁶⁷R⁶⁸R⁶⁹R⁷⁰R⁷⁶ with the proviso that at least two of         R⁶⁷,     -   R⁶⁸, R⁶⁹ and R⁷⁰ are H; or a heteroaryl group of one of the         formulae

R⁷⁸ is H; lower alkyl; aryl; or aryl-lower alkyl; or R⁷⁸ and R⁸² taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;

-   -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—;         R⁷⁹ is H; lower alkyl; aryl; or aryl-lower alkyl; or         R⁷⁸ and R⁷⁹, taken together, can be —(CH₂)₂₋₇—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—;         R⁸⁰ is H; or lower alkyl;         R⁸¹ is H; lower alkyl; or aryl-lower alkyl; or         R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;         —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—;         R⁸² is H; —CF₃; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂; lower alkyl; aryl; heteroaryl;     -   or aryl-lower alkyl;         R⁸³ is H; lower alkyl; aryl; or —NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         R⁸⁴ is —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OH; —(CH₂)_(p)COOR⁸⁰;         —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SH;     -   —(CH₂)_(p)CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   or —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         R⁸⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R⁸⁶ is R⁷⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)—CHR³³R⁷⁵; R⁸⁴;     -   —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)—C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)OR⁷⁸;         —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)—CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;     -   —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)—NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;         —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)SR⁷⁸     -   where X′ is —O—, —NR²⁰—, —S—; or —OCOO—, u is 1-3, t is 1-6, and         v is 1-3;         m is 2-4; o is 0-4; p is 1-4; q is 0-2; r is 1 or 2; s is 0 or         1;         the amino acid residue of type C is a residue of formula         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)CO—;         the amino acid residue of type D is a residue of formula         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)CO—;         the amino acid residue of type E is a residue of the formula         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)CO—;         the amino acid residue of type F is a residue of the formula         —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)CO—;         the N-substituted glycine residue of type I is a residue of         formula —NR⁸⁶CH₂CO—;         the amino acid residue of type M is a residue of formulae         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)(CH₂)₂CO—; —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)(CH₂)₂CO—;         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)(CH₂)₂CO—; or —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)(CH₂)₂CO—,         the amino acid residue of type N is a residue of formulae         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)(CH₂)CO—; —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)(CH₂)CO—;         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)(CH₂)CO—, or —NR²CH(R⁸⁴)(CH₂)CO—;         and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

In accordance with the present invention these β-hairpin peptidomimetics can be prepared by a process which comprises

-   (a) coupling an appropriately functionalized solid support with an     appropriately N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the     desired end-product corresponds to Xaa^(n), wherein n is 16, 8, 7,     6, or 3, any functional group which may be present in said     N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise appropriately     protected; -   (b) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained; -   (c) coupling the product thus obtained with an appropriately     N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the desired     end-product corresponds to Xaa^(n-1), any functional group which may     be present in said N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise     appropriately protected; -   (d) removing the N-protecting group from the product obtained in     step (c); -   (e) effecting steps substantially corresponding to steps (c) and (d)     using appropriately N-protected derivatives of amino acids which in     the desired end-product are in positions n−2 to 1, any functional     group(s) which may be present in said N-protected amino acid     derivatives being likewise appropriately protected; -   (f) if n is not 16, further effecting steps substantially     corresponding to steps (c) and (d) using appropriately N-protected     derivatives of amino acids which in the desired end-product are in     positions 16 to n+1, any functional group(s) which may be present in     said N-protected amino acid derivatives being likewise appropriately     protected; -   (g) forming an interstrand linkage between side-chains of Cys at     positions P4 and P11; or alternatively, forming the aforesaid     linkage subsequent to step (j), as described herein below; -   (h) detaching the product thus obtained from the solid support; -   (i) cyclizing the product cleaved from the solid support; -   (j) removing any protecting groups present on functional groups of     any members of the chain of amino acid residues and, if desired, any     protecting group(s) which may in addition be present in the     molecule; and -   (k) if desired, converting the product thus obtained into a     pharmaceutically acceptable salt or converting a pharmaceutically     acceptable, or unacceptable, salt thus obtained into the     corresponding free compound or into a different, pharmaceutically     acceptable, salt.

As used in this description, the term “alkyl”, taken alone or in combinations, designates saturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radicals having up to 24, preferably up to 12, carbon atoms. Similarly, the term “alkenyl” designates straight chain or branched hydrocarbon radicals having up to 24, preferably up to 12, carbon atoms and containing at least one or, depending on the chain length, up to four olefinic double bonds. The term “lower” designates radicals and compounds having up to 6 carbon atoms. Thus, for example, the term “lower alkyl” designates saturated, straight-chain, or branched hydrocarbon radicals having up to 6 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec.-butyl, isobutyl, tert.-butyl, and the like. Similarly, the term “lower cycloalkyl” designates saturated cyclic hydrocarbon radicals having up to 6 carbon atoms, such as cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and the like. The term “aryl” designates aromatic carbocyclic hydrocarbon radicals containing one or two six-membered rings, such as phenyl or naphthyl, which may be substituted by up to three substituents such as Br, Cl, F, CF₃, NO₂, lower alkyl or lower alkenyl. The term “heteroaryl” designates aromatic heterocyclic radicals containing one or two five- and/or six-membered rings, at least one of them containing up to three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S and N and said ring(s) being optionally substituted; representative examples of such optionally substituted heteroaryl radicals are indicated hereinabove in connection with the definition of R⁷⁷.

The β-hairpin conformation of Cyclo (-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, is highly relevant for the CXCR4 antagonizing activity of the β-hairpin mimetics of the present invention. The β-hairpin stabilizing conformational properties induced by the D-amino acid residue Xaa⁷ and the D-amino acid or N-substituted glycine residue Xaa¹⁵ and fostered by the conserved amino acids at positions 4, 9, 10 and 11 within the sequence play a key role not only for the selective antagonizing activity but also for the synthesis process defined hereinabove, as incorporation of aforesaid residues Xaa⁷ and Xaa¹⁵ near the beginning or near the middle of the linear protected peptide precursors enhances cyclization yields significantly.

Building blocks A1-A69 and A105 of the structural element -A-CO— belong to a class of amino acids wherein the N-terminus is a secondary amine forming part of a ring. Among the genetically encoded amino acids only proline falls into this class. The configuration of building block A1 through A69 and A105 is (D), and they can be combined with a building block —B—CO— of (L)-configuration. Preferred combinations are -^(D)A1-CO—^(L)B—CO— to -^(D)A69-CO—^(L)B—CO— and -^(D)A105-CO—^(L)B—CO—. Thus, for example, ^(D)Pro-^(L)Pro constitutes the prototype of such a combination.

It will be appreciated that building blocks -A1-CO— to -A69-CO— and A105-CO— in which A has (D)-configuration, are carrying a group R¹ at the β-position to the N-terminus. The preferred values for R¹ are H and lower alkyl with the most preferred values for R¹ being H and methyl. It will be recognized by those skilled in the art, that A1-A69 and A105 are shown in (D)-configuration which, for R¹ being H and methyl, corresponds to the (R)-configuration. Depending on the priority of other values for R¹ according to the Cahn, Ingold and Prelog rules, this configuration may also have to be expressed as (S).

In addition to R¹ building blocks -A1-CO— to -A69-CO— and A105-CO— can carry an additional substituent designated as R² to R¹⁷. This additional substituent can be H, and if it is other than H, it is preferably a small to medium-sized aliphatic or aromatic group. Examples of preferred values for R¹ to R¹⁷ are:

—R¹ is hydrogen or lower alkyl; —R² is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;

-   -   —(CH₂)_(p)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(p)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(p)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(p)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—); —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(p)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)CN₄R⁸¹.         —R³ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; (CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R⁴ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R⁵ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl;         R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl;         or R³³ and R⁸⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: alkyl;         alkenyl; aryl; aryl-lower alkyl; or heteroaryl-lower alkyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R⁶ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R⁷ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(q)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(q)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(q)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(q)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(q)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(r)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R⁹ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸⁰ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R¹⁰ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R¹¹ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R¹² is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(r)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R¹³ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(q)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(s)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(q)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(q)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(q)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)COO⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(q)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(r)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R¹⁴ is H; h lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R¹⁵ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl); particularly favoured being         —NR²⁰CO-lower alkyl (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R¹⁶ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R¹⁷ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(q)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(q)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(q)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(q)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(q)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H_(; or) lower alkyl; R³³:         H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(q)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(q)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(r)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(r)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).

Among the building blocks A1 to A69 and A105 the following are preferred: A5 with R² being H, A8, A22, A25, A38 with R² being H, A42, A47, A50 and A105. Most preferred are building blocks of type A8′:

especially those wherein R⁶⁴ is n-hexyl (A8′-1); n-heptyl (A8′-2); 4-(phenyl)benzyl (A8′-3); diphenylmethyl (A8′-4); 3-amino-propyl (A8′-5); 5-amino-pentyl (A8′-6); methyl (A8′-7); ethyl (A8′-8); isopropyl (A8′-9); isobutyl (A8′-10); n-propyl (A8′-11); cyclohexyl (A8′-12); cyclohexylmethyl (A8′-13); n-butyl (A8′-14); phenyl (A8′-15); benzyl (A8′-16); (3-indolyl)methyl (A8′-17); 2-(3-indolyl)ethyl (A8′-18); (4-phenyl)phenyl (A8′-19); and n-nonyl (A8′-20).

Building block A70 belongs to the class of open-chain α-substituted α-amino acids, building blocks A71 and A72 to the corresponding β-amino acid analogues and building blocks A73-A104 to the cyclic analogues of A70. Such amino acid derivatives have been shown to constrain small peptides in well defined reverse turn or U-shaped conformations (C. M. Venkatachalam, Biopolymers 1968, 6, 1425-1434; W. Kabsch, C. Sander, Biopolymers 1983, 22, 2577). Such building blocks are ideally suited for the stabilization of β-hairpin conformations in peptide loops (D. Obrecht, M. Altorfer, J. A. Robinson, “Novel Peptide Mimetic Building Blocks and Strategies for Efficient Lead Finding”, Adv. Med. Chem. 1999, Vol. 4, 1-68; P. Balaram, “Non-standard amino acids in peptide design and protein engineering”, Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 1992, 2, 845-851; M. Crisma, G. Valle, C. Toniolo, S. Prasad, R. B. Rao, P. Balaram, “β-turn conformations in crystal structures of model peptides containing α.α-disubstituted amino acids”, Biopolymers 1995, 35, 1-9; V. J. Hruby, F. Al-Obeidi, W. Kazmierski, Biochem. J. 1990, 268, 249-262).

It has been shown that both enantiomers of building blocks -A70-CO— to A104-CO— in combination with a building block —B—CO— being an α-amino acid with L-configuration can efficiently stabilize and induce β-hairpin conformations (D. Obrecht, M. Altorfer, J. A. Robinson, “Novel Peptide Mimetic Building Blocks and Strategies for Efficient Lead Finding”, Adv. Med. Chem. 1999, Vol. 4, 1-68; D. Obrecht, C. Spiegler, P. Schönholzer, K. Müller, H. Heimgartner, F. Stierli, Helv. Chim. Acta 1992, 75, 1666-1696; D. Obrecht, U. Bohdal, J. Daly, C. Lehmann, P. Schönholzer, K. Müller, Tetrahedron 1995, 51, 10883-10900; D. Obrecht, C. Lehmann, C. Ruffieux, P. Schönholzer, K. Müller, Helv. Chim. Acta 1995, 78, 1567-1587; D. Obrecht, U. Bohdal, C. Broger, D. Bur, C. Lehmann, R. Ruffieux, P. Schönholzer, C. Spiegler, Helv. Chim. Acta 1995, 78, 563-580; D. Obrecht, H. Karajiannis, C. Lehmann, P. Schönholzer, C. Spiegler, Helv. Chim. Acta 1995, 78, 703-714).

Preferred values for R²⁰ in A70 to A104 are H or lower alkyl with methyl being most preferred. Preferred values for R¹⁸, R¹⁹ and R²¹-R²⁹ in building blocks A70 to A104 are the following:

—R¹⁸ is lower alkyl. —R¹⁹ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;

-   -   —(CH₂)_(p)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(p)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(p)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(p)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(p)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(p)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(p)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(p)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(p)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(o)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R²¹ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R²² is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R²³ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl); particularly favoured are NR²⁰CO-lower         alkyl (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R²⁴ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R²⁷ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl); particularly favoured are NR²⁰CO-lower         alkyl (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R²⁵ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R²⁶ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); or, alternatively,         —R²⁵ and R²⁶ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl).         —R²⁷ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷³ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²²)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶²)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R²⁸ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH 2)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶²)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).         —R²⁹ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl;     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl;         R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower         alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H;         lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³         and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—;     -   —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where         R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ lower         alkyl; or lower alkenyl); particularly favored are         NR²⁰CO-lower-alkyl (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl;         and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form:         —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—;     -   —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR¹¹(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower         alkyl));     -   —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl);     -   —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or     -   —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower         alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).

Among the building blocks A70 to A104 the following are preferred: A74 with R²² being H, A75, A76, A77 with R²² being H, A78 and A79.

The building block —B—CO— designates an L-amino acid residue. Preferred values for B are: —NR²⁰CH(R⁷¹)—, enantiomers of groups A5 with R² being H, A8, A22, A25, A38 with R² being H, A42, A47, A50, and A105. Most preferred building blocks —B—CO— are

-   Ala L-Alanine -   Arg L-Arginine -   Asn L-Asparagine -   Asp L-Aspartic acid -   Cys L-Cysteine -   Gln L-Glutamine -   Glu L-Glutamic acid -   Gly Glycine -   His L-Histidine -   Ile L-Isoleucine -   Leu L-Leucine -   Lys L-Lysine -   Met L-Methionine -   Phe L-Phenylalanine -   Pro L-Proline -   Ser L-Serine -   Thr L-Threonine -   Trp L-Tryptophan -   Tyr L-Tyrosine -   Val L-Valine -   Cit L-Citrulline -   Orn L-Ornithine -   tBuA L-t-Butylalanine -   Sar Sarcosine -   t-BuG L-tert.-Butylglycine -   4AmPhe L-para-Aminophenylalanine -   3AmPhe L-meta-Aminophenylalanine -   2AmPhe L-ortho-Aminophenylalanine -   Phe(mC(NH₂)═NH) L-meta-Amidinophenylalanine -   Phe(pC(NH₂)═NH) L-para-Amidinophenylalanine -   Phe(mNHC(NH₂)═NH) L-meta-Guanidinophenylalanine -   Phe(pNHC(NH₂)═NH) L-para-Guanidinophenylalanine -   Phg L-Phenylglycine -   Cha L-Cyclohexylalanine -   C₄al L-3-Cyclobutylalanine -   C₅al L-3-Cyclopentylalanine -   Nle L-Norleucine -   2-Nal L-2-Naphthylalanine -   1-Nal L-1-Naphthylalanine -   4Cl-Phe L-4-Chlorophenylalanine -   3Cl-Phe L-3-Chlorophenylalanine -   2Cl-Phe L-2-Chlorophenylalanine -   3,4Cl²⁻Phe L-3,4-Dichlorophenylalanine -   4F-Phe L-4-Fluorophenylalanine -   3F-Phe L-3-Fluorophenylalanine -   2F-Phe L-2-Fluorophenylalanine -   Tic L-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid -   Thi L-β-2-Thienylalanine -   Tza L-2-Thiazolylalanine -   Mso L-Methionine sulfoxide -   AcLys L-N-Acetyllysine -   Dpr L-2,3-Diaminopropionic acid -   A₂Bu L-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid -   Dbu (2S,3S)-2,3-Diaminobutyric acid -   Abu γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) -   Aha ε-Aminohexanoic acid -   Aib α-Aminoisobutyric acid -   Tyr(Bzl) L-O-Benzyltyrosine -   Bip L-Biphenylalanine -   Ser(Bzl) L-O-Benzylserine -   Thr(Bzl) L-O-Benzylthreonine -   hCha L-Homo-cyclohexylalanine -   hCys L-Homo-cysteine -   hSer L-Homo-serine -   hArg L-Homo-arginine -   hPhe L-Homo-phenylalanine -   Bpa L-4-Benzoylphenylalanine -   Pip L-Pipecolic acid -   OctG L-Octylglycine -   MePhe L-N-Methylphenylalanine -   MeNle L-N-Methylnorleucine -   MeAla L-N-Methylalanine -   MeIle L-N-Methylisoleucine -   MeVal L-N-Methyaline -   MeLeu L-N-Methylleucine -   4Hyp1 (4S)-L-Hydroxyproline -   4Hyp2 (4R)-L-Hydroxyproline -   4 Mp1 (4S)-L-Mercaptoproline -   4 Mp2 (4R)-L-Mercaptoproline -   Oic (3aS, 7aS)-L-1-Octahydro-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid

In addition, the most preferred values for B also include groups of type A8″ of (L)-configuration:

wherein R²⁰ is H or lower alkyl and R⁶⁴ is alkyl; alkenyl; —[(CH₂)_(u)—X]_(t)—CH₃ (where X is —O—; —NR²⁰—, or —S—; u=1-3, and t=1-6), aryl; aryl-lower alkyl; or heteroaryl-lower alkyl; especially those wherein R⁶⁴ is n-hexyl (A8″-21); n-heptyl (A8″-22); 4-(phenyl)benzyl (A8″-23); diphenylmethyl (A8″-24); 3-amino-propyl (A8″-25); 5-amino-pentyl (A8″-26); methyl (A8″-27); ethyl (A8″-28); isopropyl (A8″-29); isobutyl (A8″-30); n-propyl (A8″-31); cyclohexyl (A8″-32); cyclohexyl-methyl (A8″-33); n-butyl (A8″-34); phenyl (A8″-35); benzyl (A8″-36); (3-indolyl)methyl (A8″-37); 2-(3-indolyl)ethyl (A8″-38); (4-phenyl)-phenyl (A8″-39); n-nonyl (A8″-40); CH₃—OCH₂CH₂—OCH₂— (A8″-41) and CH₃—(OCH₂CH₂)₂—OCH₂— (A8″-42).

Besides the structural element —B—CO— the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the present invention can comprise the structural element -A-CO— and amino acid residues belonging to one of the following groups:

-   -   Group C —NR²⁰CH(R²²)CO—; “hydrophobic: small to medium-sized”     -   Group D —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)CO—; “hydrophobic: large aromatic or         heteroaromatic”     -   Group E —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)CO—; “polar-cationic” and “urea-derived”     -   Group F —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)CO—; “polar-non-charged or anionic”     -   Group I —NR⁸⁶CH₂CO—;     -   Group M —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)(CH₂)₂CO—; —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)(CH₂)₂CO—;         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)(CH₂)₂CO—; or —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)(CH₂)₂CO—; “γ⁴-amino         acids”     -   Group N —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)(CH₂)CO—; —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)(CH₂)CO—;         —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)(CH₂)CO—, or —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)(CH₂)CO—; “β³-amino acids”

Group C comprises amino acid residues with small to medium-sized hydrophobic side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷². A hydrophobic residue refers to an amino acid side chain that is uncharged at physiological pH and that is repelled by aqueous solution. Furthermore these side chains generally do not contain hydrogen bond donor groups, such as (but not limited to) primary and secondary amides, primary and secondary amines and the corresponding protonated salts thereof, thiols, alcohols, phosphonates, phosphates, ureas or thioureas. However, they may contain hydrogen bond acceptor groups such as ethers, thioethers, esters, tertiary amides, alkyl- or aryl phosphonates and phosphates or tertiary amines. Genetically encoded small-to-medium-sized hydrophobic amino acids include alanine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine and valine.

Group D comprises amino acid residues with aromatic and heteroaromatic side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷³. An aromatic amino acid residue refers to a hydrophobic amino acid having a side chain containing at least one ring having a conjugated π-electron system (aromatic group). In addition they may contain hydrogen bond donor groups such as (but not limited to) primary and secondary amides, primary and secondary amines and the corresponding protonated salts thereof, thiols, alcohols, phosphonates, phosphates, ureas or thioureas, and hydrogen bond acceptor groups such as (but not limited to) ethers, thioethers, esters, tetriary amides, alkyl—or aryl phosphonates—and phosphates or tertiary amines. Genetically encoded aromatic amino acids include phenylalanine and tyrosine.

A heteroaromatic amino acid residue refers to a hydrophobic amino acid having a side chain containing at least one ring having a conjugated π-system incorporating at least one heteroatom such as (but not limited to) O, S and N according to the general definition for substituent R⁷⁷. In addition such residues may contain hydrogen bond donor groups such as (but not limited to) primary and secondary amides, primary and secondary amines and the corresponding protonated salts thereof, thiols, alcohols, phosphonates, phosphates, ureas or thioureas, and hydrogen bond acceptor groups such as (but not limited to) ethers, thioethers, esters, tetriary amides, alkyl—or aryl phosphonates—and phosphates or tertiary amines. Genetically encoded heteroaromatic amino acids include tryptophan and histidine.

Group E comprises amino acids containing side chains with polar-cationic, acylamino- and urea-derived residues according to the general definition for substituent R⁷⁴. Polar-cationic refers to a basic side chain which is protonated at physiological pH. Genetically encoded polar-cationic amino acids include arginine, lysine and histidine. Citrulline is an example for an urea derived amino acid residue.

Group F comprises amino acids containing side chains with polar-non-charged or anionic residues according to the general definition for substituent R⁸⁴. A polar-non-charged or anionic residue refers to a hydrophilic side chain that is uncharged and, respectively anionic at physiological pH (carboxylic acids being included), but that is not repelled by aqueous solutions. Such side chains typically contain hydrogen bond donor groups such as (but not limited to) primary and secondary amides, carboxyclic acids and esters, primary and secondary amines, thiols, alcohols, phosphonates, phosphates, ureas or thioureas. These groups can form hydrogen bond networks with water molecules. In addition they may also contain hydrogen bond acceptor groups such as (but not limited to) ethers, thioethers, esters, tetriary amides, carboxylic acids and carboxylates, alkyl—or aryl phosphonates—and phosphates or tertiary amines. Genetically encoded polar-non-charged amino acids include asparagine, cysteine, glutamine, serine and threonine, but also aspartic acid and glutamic acid.

Group I comprises glycine having the amino group substituted by chains containing polar-cationic, hydrophobic, aromatic, heteroaromatic, polar-non-charged or anionic residues according to the general definition for substituent R⁸⁶. Polar-cationic refers to a basic side chain which is protonated at physiological pH. A hydrophobic residue refers to an amino acid side chain that is uncharged at physiological pH and that is repelled by aqueous solution. Aromatic refers to a hydrophobic side chain containing at least one ring having a conjugated π-electron system (aromatic group). Heteroaromatic refers to a hydrophobic side chain containing at least one ring having a conjugated π-system incorporating at least one heteroatom. A polar-non-charged or anionic residue refers to a hydrophilic side chain that is uncharged and, respectively anionic at physiological pH (carboxylic acids being included), but that is not repelled by aqueous solutions.

Group M comprises γ⁴-amino acid residues having both the amino group and the side chain attached to the γ-carbon atom with side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷¹; γ⁴-amino acid residues with small to medium-sized hydrophobic side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷²; γ⁴-amino acid residues with aromatic and heteroaromatic side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷³; γ⁴-amino acid residues with polar-cationic, acylamino- and urea-derived side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷⁴; and γ⁴-amino acid residues with polar-non-charged or anionic groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁸⁴. Hydrophobic side chain groups are uncharged at physiological pH and repelled by aqueous solution. An aromatic side chain group is hydrophobic and contains at least one ring having a conjugated π-electron system (aromatic group). A heteroaromatic side chain group is hydrophobic and contains at least one ring having a conjugated π-system incorporating at least one heteroatom such as (but not limited to) O, S and N according to the general definition for substituent R⁷⁷. A polar-cationic side chain group refers to a basic side chain which is protonated at physiological pH. A polar-non-charged or anionic side chain group is uncharged and, respectively anionic at physiological pH (carboxylic acids being included), but is not repelled by aqueous solutions.

Group N comprises β³-amino acid residues having both the amino group and the side chain attached to the β-carbon atom with side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷¹; β³-amino acid residues with small to medium-sized hydrophobic side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷²; β³-amino acid residues with aromatic and heteroaromatic side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷³; β³-amino acid residues with polar-cationic, acylamino- and urea-derived side chain groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁷⁴; and β³-amino acid residues with polar-non-charged or anionic groups according to the general definition for substituent R⁸⁴. Hydrophobic side chain groups are uncharged at physiological pH and repelled by aqueous solution. An aromatic side chain group is hydrophobic and contains at least one ring having a conjugated π-electron system (aromatic group). A heteroaromatic side chain group is hydrophobic and contains at least one ring having a conjugated π-system incorporating at least one heteroatom such as (but not limited to) O, S and N according to the general definition for substituent R⁷⁷. A polar-cationic side chain group refers to a basic side chain which is protonated at physiological pH. A polar-non-charged or anionic side chain group is uncharged and, respectively anionic at physiological pH (carboxylic acids being included), but is not repelled by aqueous solutions.

As mentioned earlier, the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention contain a disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹. Such an interstrand linkage is known to stabilize the β-hairpin conformations and thus constitute an important structural element for the design of β-hairpin mimetics.

Most preferred amino acid residues in Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, are those derived from natural α-, β- and γ-amino acids. Hereinafter follows a list of amino acids which, or the residues of which, are suitable for the purposes of the present invention, the abbreviations corresponding to generally adopted usual practice:

three letter code one letter code Ala L-Alanine A ^(D)Ala D-Alanine ^(D)A Arg L-Arginine R ^(D)Arg D-Arginine ^(D)R Asn L-Asparagine N ^(D)Asn D-Asparagine ^(D)N Asp L-Aspartic acid D ^(D)Asp D-Aspartic acid ^(D)D Cys L-Cysteine C ^(D)Cys D-Cysteine ^(D)C Glu L-Glutamic acid E ^(D)Glu D-Glutamic acid ^(D)E Gln L-Glutamine Q ^(D)Gln D-Glutamine ^(D)Q Gly Glycine G His L-Histidine H ^(D)His D-Histidine ^(D)H Ile L-Isoleucine I ^(D)Ile D-Isoleucine ^(D)I Leu L-Leucine L ^(D)Leu D-Leucine ^(D)L Lys L-Lysine K ^(D)Lys D-Lysine ^(D)K Met L-Methionine M ^(D)Met D-Methionine ^(D)M Phe L-Phenylalanine F ^(D)Phe D-Phenylalanine ^(D)F Pro L-Proline P ^(D)Pro D-Proline ^(D)P Ser L-Serine S ^(D)Ser D-Serine ^(D)S Thr L-Threonine T ^(D)Thr D-Threonine ^(D)T Trp L-Tryptophan W ^(D)Trp D-Tryptophan ^(D)W Tyr L-Tyrosine Y ^(D)Tyr D-Tyrosine ^(D)Y Val L-Valine V ^(D)Val D-Valine ^(D)V

3-Amino-propanoic acid

-   H-β³-HAla-OH (3S)-3-Amino-butyric acid -   H-β³-HVal-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-methyl-valeric acid -   H-β³-HIle-OH (3R,4S)-3-Amino-4-methyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HLeu-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-methyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HMet-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-methylthio-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HTyr-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HHis-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(imidazole-4′-yl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-phenyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HTrp-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(indol-3′-yl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HSer-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-hydroxy-butyric acid -   H-β³-HAsp-OH 3-Amino-pentanedioic acid -   H-β³-HGlu-OH (3S)-3-Amino-hexanedioic acid -   H-β³-HLys-OH (3S)-3,7-Diamino-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HArg-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-guanidino-hexanoic-acid -   H-β³-HCys-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-mercapto-butyric acid -   H-β³-HAsn-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-carbamoyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HGln-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-carbamoyl-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HThr-OH (3R,4R)-3-Amino-4-hydroxy-pentanoic acid

4-Amino-butyric acid

-   H-γ⁴-DiHAla-OH (4S)-4-Amino-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHVal-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-methyl-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHIle-OH (4R,5S)-4-Amino-5-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHLeu-OH (4R)-4-Amino-6-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHMet-OH (4R)-4-Amino-6-methylthio-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHTyr-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHHis-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(imidazole-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-phenyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHTrp-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(indol-3′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHSer-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-hydroxy-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHAsp-OH (4R)-4-Amino-hexanedioic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHGlu-OH 4-Amino-heptanedioic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHLys-OH (4S)-4,8-Diamino-octanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHArg-OH (4S)-4-Amino-7-guanidino-heptanoic-acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHCys-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-mercapto-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHAsn-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-carbamoyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHGln-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-carbamoyl-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHThr-OH (4R,5R)-4-Amino-5-hydroxy-hexanoic acid     Other α-, β- and γ-amino acids which, or the residues of which, are     suitable for the purposes of the present invention include: -   Cit L-Citrulline -   ^(D)Cit D-Citrulline -   Orn L-Ornithine -   ^(D)Orn D-Ornithine -   tBuA L-t-Butylalanine -   ^(D)tBuA D-t-Butylalanine -   Sar Sarcosine -   Pen L-Penicillamine -   ^(D)Pen D-Penicillamine -   tBuG L-tert.-Butylglycine -   ^(D)tBuG D-tert.-Butylglycine -   4AmPhe L-para-Aminophenylalanine -   ^(D)4AmPhe D-para-Aminophenylalanine -   3AmPhe L-meta-Aminophenylalanine -   ^(D)3AmPhe D-meta-Aminophenylalanine -   2AmPhe L-ortho-Aminophenylalanine -   ^(D)2AmPhe D-ortho-Aminophenylalanine -   Phe(mC(NH₂)═NH) L-meta-Amidinophenylalanine -   ^(D)Phe(mC(NH₂)═NH) D-meta-Amidinophenylalanine -   Phe(pC(NH₂)═NH) L-para-Amidinophenylalanine -   ^(D)Phe(pC(NH₂)═NH) D-para-Amidinophenylalanine -   Phe(mNHC(NH₂)═NH) L-meta-Guanidinophenylalanine -   ^(D)Phe(mNHC(NH₂)═NH) D-meta-Guanidinophenylalanine -   Phe(pNHC(NH₂)═NH) L-para-Guanidinophenylalanine -   ^(D)Phe(pNHC(NH₂)═NH) D-para-Guanidinophenylalanine -   2 Pal (2S)-2-Amino-3-(pyridine-2′-yl)-propionic acid -   ^(D)2 Pal (2R)-2-Amino-3-(pyridine-2′-yl)-propionic acid -   4 Pal (2S)-2-Amino-3-(pyridine-4′-yl)-propionic acid -   ^(D)4 Pal (2R)-2-Amino-3-(pyridine-4′-yl)-propionic acid -   Phg L-Phenylglycine -   ^(D)Phg D-Phenylglycine -   Cha L-Cyclohexylalanine -   ^(D)Cha D-Cyclohexylalanine -   C₄al L-3-Cyclobutylalanine -   ^(D)C₄al D-3-Cyclobutylalanine -   C₅al L-3-Cyclopentylalanine -   ^(D)C₅al D-3-Cyclopentylalanine -   Nle L-Norleucine -   ^(D)Nle D-Norleucine -   2-Nal L-2-Naphthylalanine -   ^(D)2Nal D-2-Naphthylalanine -   1-Nal L-1-Naphthylalanine -   ^(D)1Nal D-1-Naphthylalanine -   4ClPhe L-4-Chlorophenylalanine -   ^(D)4ClPhe D-4-Chlorophenylalanine -   3ClPhe L-3-Chlorophenylalanine -   ^(D)3ClPhe D-3-Chlorophenylalanine -   2ClPhe L-2-Chlorophenylalanine -   ^(D)2ClPhe D-2-Chlorophenylalanine -   3,4Cl₂Phe L-3,4-Dichlorophenylalanine -   ^(D)3,4Cl₂Phe D-3,4-Dichlorophenylalanine -   4FPhe L-4-Fluorophenylalanine -   ^(D)4FPhe D-4-Fluorophenylalanine -   3FPhe L-3-Fluorophenylalanine -   ^(D)3FPhe D-3-Fluorophenylalanine -   2FPhe L-2-Fluorophenylalanine -   ^(D)2FPhe D-2-Fluorophenylalanine -   Thi L-β-2-Thienylalanine -   ^(D)Thi D-β-2-Thienylalanine -   Tza L-2-Thiazolylalanine -   ^(D)Tza D-2-Thiazolylalanine -   Mso L-Methionine sulfoxide -   ^(D)Mso D-Methionine sulfoxide -   AcLys N-Acetyllysine -   ^(D)AcLys N-Acetyl-D-lysine -   Dpr 2,3-Diaminopropionic acid -   ^(D)Dpr D-2,3-Diaminopropionic acid -   A₂Bu 2,4-Diaminobutyric acid -   ^(D)A₂BU (2R)-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid -   Dab L-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid -   ^(D)Dab D-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid -   Dbu (2S)-2,3-Diamino-butyric acid -   ^(D)Dbu (2R)-2,3-Diamino-butyric acid -   Abu γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) -   Aha ε-Aminohexanoic acid -   Aib α-Aminoisobutyric acid -   Cyp 1-Amino cyclopentane carboxylic acid -   Tyr(Bzl) L-O-Benzyltyrosine -   ^(D)Tyr(Bzl) D-O-Benzyltyrosine -   His(Bzl) (3S)-2-Amino-3-(1′-benzylimidazole-4′-yl)-propionic acid -   ^(D)His(Bzl) (3R)-2-Amino-3-(1′-benzylimidazole-4′-yl)-propionic     acid -   Bip L-(4-phenyl)phenylalanine -   ^(D)Bip D-(4-phenyl)phenylalanine -   Ser(Bzl) L-O-Benzylserine -   ^(D)Ser(Bzl) D-O-Benzylserine -   Thr(Bzl) L-O-Benzylthreonine -   ^(D)Thr(Bzl) D-O-Benzylthreonine -   alloT (2S,3S)-2-Amino-3-hydroxy-butyric acid -   ^(D)alloT (2R,3S)-2-Amino-3-hydroxy-butyric acid -   Leu3OH (2S,3R)-2-Amino-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-pentanoic acid -   ^(D)Leu3OH (2R,3R)-2-Amino-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-pentanoic acid -   hAla L-Homo-alanine -   ^(D)hAla D-Homo-alanine -   hArg L-Homo-arginine -   ^(D)hArg D-Homo-arginine -   hCys L-Homo-cysteine -   ^(D)hCys D-Homo-cysteine -   hGlu L-Homo-glutamic acid -   ^(D)hGlu D-glutamic acid -   hGln L-Homo-glutamine -   ^(D)hGln D-Homo-glutamine -   hHis L-Homo-histidine -   ^(D)hHis D-Homo-histidine -   hIle L-Homo-isoleucine -   ^(D)hIle D-Homo-isoleucine -   hLeu L-Homo-leucine -   ^(D)hLeu D-Homo-leucine -   hNle L-Homo-norleucine -   ^(D)hNle D-Homo-norleucine -   hLys L-Homo-lysine -   ^(D)hLys D-Homo-lysine -   hMet L-Homo-Methionine -   ^(D)hMet D-Homo-Methionine -   hPhe L-Homo-phenylalanine -   ^(D)hPhe D-Homo-phenylalanine -   hSer L-Homo-serine -   ^(D)hSer D-Homo-serine -   hThr L-Homo-threonine -   ^(D)hThr D-Homo-threonine -   hTrp L-Homo-tryptophan -   ^(D)hTrp D-Homo-tryptophan -   hTyr L-Homo-tyrosine -   ^(D)hTyr D-Homo-tyrosine -   hVal L-Homo-valine -   ^(D)hVal D-Homo-valine -   hCha L-Homo-cyclohexylalanine -   ^(D)hCha D-Homo-cyclohexylalanine -   Bpa L-4-Benzoylphenylalanine -   ^(D)Bpa D-4-Benzoylphenylalanine -   OctG L-Octylglycine -   ^(D)OctG D-Octylglycine -   Tic (3S)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid -   ^(D)Tic (3R)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid -   Tiq (1S)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-1-carboxylic acid -   ^(D)Tiq (1R)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-1-carboxylic acid -   Oic (2S,3aS, 7aS)-1-Octahydro-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid -   ^(D)Oic (2R, 3aS, 7aS)-1-Octahydro-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid -   4AmPyrrl (2S,4S)-4-Amino-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   ^(D)4AmPyrr1 (2R,4S)-4-Amino-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   4AmPyrr2 (2S,4R)-4-Amino-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   ^(D)4AmPyrr2 (2R,4R)-4-Amino-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   4PhePyrr1 (2S,4R)-4-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   ^(D)4PhePyrr1 (2R,4R)-4-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   4PhePyrr2 (2S,4S)-4-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   ^(D)4PhePyrr2 (2R,4S)-4-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   5PhePyrr1 (2S,5R)-5-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   ^(D)5PhePyrr1 (2R,5R)-5-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   5PhePyrr2 (2S,5S)-5-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   ^(D)5PhePyrr2 (2R,5S)-5-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid -   4Hyp1 (4S)-L-Hydroxyproline -   ^(D)4Hyp1 (4S)-D-Hydroxyproline -   4Hyp2 (4R)-L-Hydroxyproline -   ^(D)4Hyp2 (4R)-D-Hydroxyproline -   4 Mp1 (4S)-L-Mercaptoproline -   ^(D)4 Mp1 (4S)-D-Mercaptoproline -   4 Mp2 (4R)-L-Mercaptoproline -   ^(D)4 Mp2 (4R)-D-Mercaptoproline -   Pip L-Pipecolic acid -   ^(D)pip D-Pipecolic acid -   H-β³-HCit-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-carbamidyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HOrn-OH (3S)-3,6-Diamino-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HtBuA-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5,5-dimethyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HSar-OH N-Methyl-3-amino-propionic acid -   H-β³-HPen-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-methyl-4-mercapto-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HtBuG-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4,4-dimethyl-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-H4AmPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-aminophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H3AmPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-aminophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H2AmPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(2′-aminophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HPhe(mC(NH₂)═NH)—OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-amidinophenyl)-butyric     acid -   H-β³-HPhe(pC(NH₂)═NH)—OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-amidinophenyl)-butyric     acid -   H-β³-HPhe(mNHC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-guanidinophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HPhe(pNHC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-guanidino-phenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H2Pal-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(pyridine-2′-yl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H4Pal-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(pyridine-4′-yl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HPhg-OH (3R)-3-Amino-3-phenyl-propionic acid -   H-β³-HCha-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-cyclohexyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HC₄al-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-cyclobutyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HC₅al-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-cyclopentyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HNle-OH (3S)-3-Amino-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-H2Nal-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(2′-naphthyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H1Nal-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(1′-naphthyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H4ClPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H3ClPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H2ClPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(2′-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H3,4Cl₂Phe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′,4′-dichlorophenyl)-butyric     acid -   H-β³-H4FPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H3FPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H2FPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(2′-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HThi-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-(2′-thienyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HTza-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-(2′-thiazolyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HMso-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-methylsulfoxyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HAcLys-OH (3S)-7-Acetylamino-3-amino-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HDpr-OH (3R)-3,4-diamino-butyric acid -   H-β³-HA₂Bu-OH (3S)-3,5-Diamino-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HDbu-OH (3R)-3,4-Diamino-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HAib-OH Amino-dimethyl-acetic acid -   H-β³-HCyp-OH 1-Amino-cyclopentane-1-yl-acetic acid -   H-β³-HY(Bzl)-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-benzyloxyphenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HH(Bzl)-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(1′-benzylimidazole-4′-yl)-butyric     acid -   H-β³-HBip-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-biphenylyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HS(Bzl)-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(benzyloxy)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HT(Bzl)-OH (3R,4R)-3-Amino-4-benzyloxy-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HalloT-OH (3R,4S)-3-Amino-4-hydroxy-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HLeu3OH-OH (3R,4R)-3-Amino-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HhAla-OH (3S)-3-Amino-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhArg-OH (3S)-3-Amino-7-guanidino-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HhCys-OH (3R)-Amino-5-mercapto-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhGlu-OH (3S)-3-Amino-heptanedioic acid -   H-β³-HhGln-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-carbamoyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HhHis-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-(imidazole-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhIle-OH (3S,5S)-3-Amino-5-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HhLeu-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HhNle-OH (3S)-3-Amino-octanoic acid -   H-β³-DiAoc-OH (3S)-3,8-Diamino-octanoic acid -   H-β³-HhMet-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-methylthio-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HhPe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-phenyl-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhSer-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-hydroxy-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhThr-OH (3S,5R)-3-Amino-5-hydroxy-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HhTrp-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-(indol-3′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhThr-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhCha-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-cyclohexyl-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HBpa-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-benzoylphenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HOctG-OH (3S)-3-Amino-undecanoic acid -   H-β³-HNle-OH (3S)-3-Amino-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HTic-OH (3S)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-yl-acetic acid -   H-β³-HTiq-OH (1S)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-1-acetic acid -   H-β³-HOic-OH (2S,3aS, 7aS)-1-Octahydro-1H-indole-2-yl-acetic acid -   H-β³-H4AmPyrr1-OH (2S,4S)-4-Amino-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H4AmPyrr2-OH (2S,4R)-4-Amino-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H4PhePyrr1-OH (2S,4R)-4-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H4PhePyrr2-OH (2S,4S)-4-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H5PhePyrr1-OH (2S,5R)-5-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H5PhePyrr2-OH (2S,5S)-5-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H4Hyp1-OH (2S,4S)-4-Hydroxy-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H4Hyp2-OH (2S,4R)-4-Hydroxy-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H4 Mp1-OH (2R,4S)-4-Mercapto-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H4 Mp2-OH (2R,4R)-4-Mercapto-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-HPip-OH (2S)-piperidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-HPro-OH (2S)-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   H-β³-H^(D)Pro-OH (2R)-pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid -   Ahb 4-Amino-2-hydroxy-butyric acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHCit-OH (4S)-4-Amino-7-carbamidyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHOrn-OH (4S)-4,7-Diamino-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHtBuA-OH (4R)-4-Amino-6,6-dimethyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHSar-OH N-Methyl-4-amino-butyric acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPen-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-methyl-5-mercapto-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHtBuG-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5,5-dimethyl-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4AmPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-aminophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH3AmPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-aminophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2AmPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-aminophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhe (mC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-amidinophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhe (pC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-amidinophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhe (mNHC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-guanidino-phenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhe (pNHC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-guanidino-phenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2 Pal-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(pyridine-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4 Pal-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(pyridine-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhg-OH (4R)-4-Amino-4-phenyl-butyric acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHCha-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-cyclohexyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHC₄al-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-cyclobutyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHC₅al-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-cyclopentyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHNle-OH (4S)-4-Amino-octanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2Nal-OH (4S)-4-Amino-5-(2′-naphthyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH1Nal-OH (4S)-4-Amino-5-(1′-naphthyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4ClPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-chlorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH3ClPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-chlorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2ClPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-chlorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH3,4Cl₂Phe-OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′,4′-dichloro-phenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4FPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-fluorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH3FPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-fluorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2FPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-fluorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHThi-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-thienyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHTza-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-thiazolyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHMso-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-methylsulfoxyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHAcLys-OH (4S)-8-Acetylamino-4-amino-ocatanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHDpr-OH (4R)-4,5-diamino-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHA₂Bu-OH (4R)-4,5-Diamino-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHDbu-OH (4R)-4,5-Diamion-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHAib-OH 3-Amino-3,3-dimethyl-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHCyp-OH (1′-Amino-cyclopentane-1′-yl)-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHY(Bzl)-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-benzyloxyphenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHH(Bzl)-OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(1′-benzylimidazole-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHBip-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-biphenylyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHS (Bzl)-OH (4S)-4-Amino-5-(benzyloxy)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHT(Bzl)-OH (4R,5R)-4-Amino-5-benzyloxy-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHalloT-OH (4R,5S)-4-Amino-5-hydroxy-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHLeu3OH—OH (4R,5R)-4-Amino-5-hydroxy-6-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhAla-OH (4S)-4-Amino-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhArg-OH (4S)-4-Amino-8-guanidino-octanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhCys-OH (4R)-Amino-6-mercapto-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhGlu-OH (4S)-4-Amino-octanedioic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhGln-OH (4S)-4-Amino-7-carbamoyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhHis-OH (4S)-4-Amino-6-(imidazole-4′-yl)-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhIle-OH (4S,6S)-4-Amino-6-methyl-octanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhLeu-OH (4S)-4-Amino-7-methyl-ocatanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhNle-OH (4S)-4-Amino-nonanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhLys-OH (4S)-4,9-Diamino-nonanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhMet-OH (4R)-4-Amino-7-methylthioheptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhPhe-OH (4S)-4-Amino-6-phenyl-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhSer-OH (4R)-4-Amino-6-hydroxy-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhThr-OH (4R,6R)-4-Amino-6-hydroxy-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhTrp-OH (4S)-4-Amino-6-(indol-3′-yl)-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhTyr-OH (4S)-4-Amino-6-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhCha-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-cyclohexyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihBpa-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-benzoylphenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHOctG-OH (4S)-4-Amino-dodecanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHNle-OH (4S)-4-Amino-octanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHTic-OH     (3R)-1′,2′,3′,4′-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-3′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHTiq-OH     (1′R)-1′,2′,3′,4′-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-1′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHOic-OH (2′S, 3′ aS, 7′     aS)-1′-Octahydro-1H-indole-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4AmPyrr1-OH (2′R,     4′S)-4′-Amino-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4AmPyrr2-OH (2′R,     4′R)-4′-Amino-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4PhePyrr1-OH (2′R,     4′R)-4′-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4PhePyrr2-OH (2′R,     4′S)-4′-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH5PhePyrr1-OH (2′S,     5′R)-5′-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH5PhePyrr2-OH (2′S,     5′S)-5′-Phenyl-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4Hyp1-OH (2′R, 4′S)-4′-Hydroxy-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-2-propionic     acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4Hyp2-OH (2′R, 4′R)-4′-Hydroxy-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic     acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4 Mp1-OH (2′R,     4′S)-4′-Mercapto-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4 Mp2-OH (2′R,     4′R)-4′-Mercapto-pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPip-OH (2′S)-Piperidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPro-OH (2′S)-Pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH^(D)Pro-OH (2′R)-Pyrrolidine-2′-yl-3-propionic acid -   (AEt)G N-(2-Aminoethyl)glycine -   (APr)G N-(3-Amino-n-propyl)glycine -   (ABu)G N-(4-Amino-n-butyl)glycine -   (APe)G N-(5-Amino-n-pentyl)glycine -   (GuEt) G N-(2-Guanidinoethyl)glycine -   (GuPr)G N-(3-Guanidino-n-propyl)glycine -   (GuBu)G N-(4-Guanidino-n-butyl)glycine -   (GuPe)G N-(5-Guanidino-n-pentyl)glycine -   (PEG₃-NH₂)G N—[H₂N—(CH₂)₃—(OCH₂—CH₂)₂—O(CH₂)₃]glycine -   (Me)G N-Methylglycine -   (Et)G N-Ethylglycine -   (Bu)G N-Butylglycine -   (Pe)G N-Pentylglycine -   (Ip)G N-Isopropylglycine -   (2MePr)G N-(2-Methylpropyl)glycine -   (3MeBu)G N-(3-Methylbutyl)glycine -   (1MePr)G (1S)—N-(1-Methylpropyl)glycine -   (2MeBu)G (2S)—N-(2-Methylbutyl)glycine -   (MthEt)G N-(Methylthioethyl)glycine -   (MthPr)G N-(Methylthiopropyl)glycine -   (Ben) G N-(Benzyl) glycine -   (PhEt)G N-(2-Phenylethyl)glycine -   (HphMe)G N-([4′-hydroxyphenyl]methyl)glycine -   (HphEt)G N-(2-[4′-hydroxyphenyl]ethyl)glycine -   (ImMe)G N-(Imidazol-5-yl-methyl)glycine -   (ImEt)G N-(2-(Imidazol-5′-yl)ethyl)glycine -   (InMe)G N-(Indol-2-yl-methyl)glycine -   (InEt)G N-(2-(Indol-2′-yl)ethyl)glycine -   (CboMe)G N-(Carboxymethyl)glycine -   (CboEt)G N-(2-Carboxyethyl)glycine -   (CboPr)G N-(3-Carboxypropyl)glycine -   (CbaMe)G N-(Carbamoylmethyl)glycine -   (CbaEt)G N-(2-Carbamoylethyl)glycine -   (CbaPr)G N-(3-Carbamoylpropyl)glycine -   (HyEt)G N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)glycine -   (HyPr)G (2R)—N-(2-Hydroxypropyl)glycine -   (Mcet)G N-(2-Mercaptoethyl)glycine -   NMeAla L-N-Methylalanine -   NMe^(D)Ala D-N-Methylalanine -   NMeVal L-N-Methylvaline -   NMe^(D)Val D-N-Methylvaline -   NMeIle L-N-Methylisoleucine -   NMe^(D)Ile D-N-Methylisoleucine -   NMeLeu L-N-Methylleucine -   NMe^(D)Leu D-N-Methylleucine -   NMeNle L-N-Methylnorleucine -   NMe^(D)Nle D-N-Methylnorleucine -   NMeMet L-N-Methylmethionine -   NMe^(D)Met D-N-Methylmethionine -   NMeTyr L-N-Methyltyrosine -   NMe^(D)Tyr D-N-Methyltyrosine -   NMeHis L-N-Methylhistidine -   NMe^(D)His D-N-Methylhistidine -   NMePhe L-N-Methylphenylalanine -   NMe^(D)Phe D-N-Methylphenylalanine -   NMeTrp L-N-Methyltryptophane -   NMe^(D)Trp D-N-Methyltryptophane -   NMeSer L-N-Methylserine -   NMe^(D)Ser D-N-Methylserine -   NMeAsp L-N-Methylaspartic acid -   NMe^(D)Asp D-N-Methylaspartic acid -   NMeGlu L-N-Methylglutamic acid -   NMe^(D)Glu D-N-Methylglutamic acid -   NMeLys L-N-Methyllysine -   NMe^(D)Lys D-N-Methyllysine -   NMeArg L-N-Methylarginine -   NMe^(D)Arg D-N-Methylarginine -   NMeDab L-N-Methyl-2,4-diamino butyric acid -   NMe^(D)Dab D-N-Methyl-2,4-diamino butyric acid -   NMeCys L-N-Methylcysteine -   NMe^(D)Cys D-N-Methylcysteine -   NMeAsn L-N-Methylasparagine -   NMe^(c)Asn D-N-Methylasparagine -   NMeGln L-N-Methylglutamine -   NMe^(D)Gln D-N-Methylglutamine -   NMeThr L-N-Methylthreonine -   NMe^(D)Thr D-N-Methylthreonine     Particularly preferred residues for group C are: -   Ala L-Alanine -   ^(D)Ala D-Alanine -   Ile L-Isoleucine -   ^(D)Ile D-Isoleucine -   Leu L-Leucine -   ^(D)Leu D-Leucine -   Met L-Methionine -   ^(D)Met D-Methionine -   Val L-Valine -   ^(D)Val D-Valine -   tBuA L-t-Butylalanine -   ^(D)tBuA D-t-Butylalanine -   tBuG L-tert.-Butylglycine -   ^(D)tBuG D-tert.-Butylglycine -   Cha L-Cyclohexylalanine -   ^(D)Cha D-Cyclohexylalanine -   C₄al L-3-Cyclobutylalanine -   ^(D)C₄al D-3-Cyclobutylalanine -   C₅al L-3-Cyclopentylalanine -   ^(D)C₅al D-3-Cyclopentylalanine -   Nle L-Norleucine -   ^(D)Nle D-Norleucine -   hAla L-Homo-alanine -   ^(D)hAla D-Homo-alanine -   hIle L-Homo-isoleucine -   ^(D)hIle D-Homo-isoleucine -   hLeu L-Homo-leucine -   ^(D)hLeu D-Homo-leucine -   hMet L-Homo-Methionine -   ^(D)hMet D-Homo-Methionine -   hVal L-Homo-valine -   ^(D)hVal D-Homo-valine -   hCha L-Homo-cyclohexylalanine -   ^(D)hCha D-Homo-cyclohexylalanine -   OctG L-Octylglycine -   ^(D)OctG D-Octylglycine -   NMeAla L-N-Methylalanine -   NMe^(D)Ala D-N-Methylalanine -   NMeVal L-N-Methylvaline -   NMe^(D)Val D-N-Methylvaline -   NMeIle L-N-Methylisoleucine -   NMe^(D)Ile D-N-Methylisoleucine -   NMeLeu L-N-Methylleucine -   NMe^(D)Leu D-N-Methylleucine -   NMeNle L-N-Methylnorleucine -   NMe^(D)Nle D-N-Methylnorleucine -   NMeNle L-N-Methylnorleucine -   NMe^(D)Nle D-N-Methylnorleucine -   NMeMet L-N-Methylmethionine -   NMe^(D)Met D-N-Methylmethionine     Particularly preferred residues for group D are: -   His L-Histidine -   ^(D)His D-Histidine -   Phe L-Phenylalanine -   ^(D)Phe D-Phenylalanine -   Trp L-Tryptophan -   ^(D)Trp D-Tryptophan -   Tyr L-Tyrosine -   ^(D)Tyr D-Tyrosine -   2 Pal (2S)-2-Amino-3-(pyridine-2′-yl)-propionic acid -   ^(D)2 Pal (2R)-2-Amino-3-(pyridine-2′-yl)-propionic acid -   4 Pal (2S)-2-Amino-3-(pyridine-4′-yl)-propionic acid -   ^(D)4 Pal (2R)-2-Amino-3-(pyridine-4′-yl)-propionic acid -   Phg L-Phenylglycine -   ^(D)Phg D-Phenylglycine -   2NaI L-2-Naphthylalanine -   ^(D)2NaI D-2-Naphthylalanine -   1Nal L-1-Naphthylalanine -   ^(D)1Nal D-1-Naphthylalanine -   4ClPhe L-4-Chlorophenylalanine -   ^(D)4ClPhe D-4-Chlorophenylalanine -   3ClPhe L-3-Chlorophenylalanine -   ^(D)3ClPhe D-3-Chlorophenylalanine -   2ClPhe L-2-Chlorophenylalanine -   ^(D)2ClPhe D-2-Chlorophenylalanine -   3,4Cl₂Phe L-3,4-Dichlorophenylalanine -   ^(D)3,4Cl₂Phe D-3,4-Dichlorophenylalanine -   4FPhe L-4-Fluorophenylalanine -   ^(D)4FPhe D-4-Fluorophenylalanine -   3FPhe L-3-Fluorophenylalanine -   ^(D)3FPhe D-3-Fluorophenylalanine -   2FPhe L-2-Fluorophenylalanine -   ^(D)2FPhe D-2-Fluorophenylalanine -   Thi L-β-2-Thienylalanine -   ^(D)Thi D-β-2-Thienylalanine -   Tza L-2-Thiazolylalanine -   ^(D)Tza D-2-Thiazolylalanine -   Tyr(Bzl) L-O-Benzyltyrosine -   ^(D)Tyr(Bzl) D-O-Benzyltyrosine -   His(Bzl) (3S)-2-Amino-3-(1′-benzylimidazole-4′-yl)-propionic acid -   ^(D)His(Bzl) (3R)-2-Amino-3-(1′-benzylimidazole-4′-yl)-propionic     acid -   Bip L-(4-phenyl)phenylalanine -   ^(D)Bip D-(4-phenyl)phenylalanine -   Ser(Bzl) L-O-Benzylserine -   ^(D)Ser(Bzl) D-O-Benzylserine -   Thr(Bzl) L-O-Benzylthreonine -   ^(D)Thr(Bzl) D-O-Benzylthreonine -   hPhe L-Homo-phenylalanine -   ^(D)hPhe D-Homo-phenylalanine -   hTrp L-Homo-tryptophan -   ^(D)hTrp D-Homo-tryptophan -   hTyr L-Homo-tyrosine -   ^(D)hTyr D-Homo-tyrosine -   hHis L-Homo-histidine -   ^(D)hHis D-Homo-histidine -   Bpa L-4-Benzoylphenylalanine -   ^(D)Bpa D-4-Benzoylphenylalanine -   NMePhe L-N-Methylphenylalanine -   NMe^(D)Phe D-N-Methylphenylalanine -   NMeTyr L-N-Methyltyrosine -   NMe^(D)Tyr D-N-Methyltyrosine -   NMeHis L-N-Methylhistidine -   NMe^(D)His D-N-Methylhistidine -   NMeTrp L-N-Methyltryptophane -   NMe^(D)Trp D-N-Methyltryptophane     Particularly preferred residues for group E are -   Arg L-Arginine -   ^(D)Arg D-Arginine -   Lys L-Lysine -   ^(D)Lys D-Lysine -   Orn L-Ornithine -   ^(D)Orn D-Ornithine -   Dpr L-2,3-Diaminopropionic acid -   ^(D)Dpr D-2,3-Diaminopropionic acid -   A₂Bu L-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid -   ^(D)A₂Bu (2R)-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid -   Dab L-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid -   ^(D)Dab D-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid -   Dbu (2S,3S)-2,3-Diaminobutyric acid -   ^(D)Dbu (2R)-2,3-Diamino-butyric acid -   4AmPhe L-para-Aminophenylalanine -   ^(D)4AmPhe D-para-Aminophenylalanine -   3AmPhe L-meta-Aminophenylalanine -   ^(D)3AmPne D-meta-Aminophenylalanine -   2AmPhe L-ortho-Aminophenylalanine -   ^(D)2AmPhe D-ortho-Aminophenylalanine -   Phe(mC(NH₂)═NH) L-meta-Amidinophenylalanine -   ^(D)Phe(mC(NH₂)═NH) D-meta-Amidinophenylalanine -   Phe(pC(NH₂)═NH) L-para-Amidinophenylalanine -   ^(D)Phe(pC(NH₂)═NH) D-para-Amidinophenylalanine -   Phe(mNHC(NH₂)═NH) L-meta-Guanidinophenylalanine -   ^(D)Phe(mNHC(NH₂)═NH) D-meta-Guanidinophenylalanine -   Phe(pNHC(NH₂)═NH) L-para-Guanidinophenylalanine -   ^(D)Phe(pNHC(NH₂)═NH) D-para-Guanidinophenylalanine -   hArg L-Homo-arginine -   ^(D)hArg D-Homo-arginine -   hLys L-Homo-lysine -   ^(D)hLys D-Homo-lysine -   NMeLys L-N-Methyllysine -   NMe^(D)Lys D-N-Methyllysine -   NMeArg L-N-Methylarginine -   NMe^(D)Arg D-N-Methylarginine -   NMeDab L-N-Methyl-2,4-diamino butyric acid -   NMe^(D)Dab D-N-Methyl-2,4-diamino butyric acid     Particularly preferred residues for group F are -   Asn L-Asparagine -   ^(D)Asn D-Asparagine -   Asp L-Aspartic acid -   ^(D)Asp D-Aspartic acid -   Cys L-Cysteine -   ^(D)Cys D-Cysteine -   Gln L-Glutamine -   ^(D)Gln D-Glutamine -   Glu L-Glutamic acid -   ^(D)Glu D-Glutamic acid -   Ser L-Serine -   ^(D) _(Ser) D-Serine -   Thr L-Threonine -   ^(D)Thr D-Threonine -   Cit L-Citrulline -   ^(D)Cit D-Citrulline -   Pen L-Penicillamine -   ^(D)Pen D-Penicillamine -   AcLys L-N′-Acetyllysine -   ^(D)AcLys N-Acetyl-D-lysine -   alloT (2S,3S)-2-Amino-3-hydroxy-butyric acid -   ^(D)alloT (2R,3S)-2-Amino-3-hydroxy-butyric acid -   Leu3OH (2S,3R)-2-Amino-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-pentanoic acid -   ^(D)Leu3OH (2R,3R)-2-Amino-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-pentanoic acid -   hCys L-Homo-cysteine -   ^(D)hCys D-Homo-cysteine -   hSer L-Homo-serine -   ^(D)hSer D-Homo-serine -   hGlu L-Homo-glutamic acid -   ^(D)hGlu D-glutamic acid -   hGln L-Homo-glutamine -   ^(D)hGln D-Homo-glutamine -   hThr L-Homo-threonine -   ^(D)hThr D-Homo-threonine -   NMeSer L-N-Methylserine -   NMe^(D)Ser D-N-Methylserine -   NMeAsp L-N-Methylaspartic acid -   NMe^(D)Asp D-N-Methylaspartic acid -   NMeGlu L-N-Methylglutamic acid -   NMe^(D)Glu D-N-Methylglutamic acid -   NMeCys L-N-Methylcysteine -   NMe^(D)Cys D-N-Methylcysteine -   NMeAsn L-N-Methylasparagine -   NMe^(c)Asn D-N-Methylasparagine -   NMeGln L-N-Methylglutamine -   NMe^(D)Gln D-N-Methylglutamine -   NMeThr L-N-Methylthreonine -   NMe^(D)Thr D-N-Methylthreonine     Particularly preferred residues for group I are -   (AEt)G N-(2-Aminoethyl)glycine -   (APr)G N-(3-Amino-n-propyl)glycine -   (ABu)G N-(4-Amino-n-butyl)glycine -   (APe)G N-(5-Amino-n-pentyl)glycine -   (GuEt)G N-(2-Guanidinoethyl)glycine -   (GuPr) G N-(3-Guanidino-n-propyl) glycine -   (GuBu)G N-(4-Guanidino-n-butyl)glycine -   (GuPe)G N-(5-Guanidino-n-pentyl)glycine -   (PEG₃-NH₂)G N—[H₂N—(CH₂)₃—(OCH₂—CH₂)₂—O(CH₂)₃]glycine -   (Me)G N-Methylglycine -   (Et)G N-Ethylglycine -   (Bu)G N-Butylglycine -   (Pe)G N-Pentylglycine -   (Ip)G N-Isopropylglycine -   (2MePr)G N-(2-Methylpropyl)glycine -   (3MeBu)G N-(3-Methylbutyl)glycine -   (1MePr)G (1S)—N-(1-Methylpropyl)glycine -   (2MeBu)G (2S)—N-(2-Methylbutyl)glycine -   (MthEt)G N-(Methylthioethyl)glycine -   (MthPr)G N-(Methylthiopropyl)glycine -   (Ben) G N-(Benzyl)glycine -   (PhEt)G N-(2-Phenylethyl)glycine -   (HphMe)G N-([4′-hydroxyphenyl]methyl)glycine -   (HphEt)G N-(2-[4′-hydroxyphenyl]ethyl)glycine -   (ImMe)G N-(Imidazol-5-yl-methyl)glycine -   (ImEt)G N-(2-(Imidazol-5′-yl)ethyl)glycine -   (InMe)G N-(Indol-2-yl-methyl)glycine -   (InEt)G N-(2-(Indol-2′-yl)ethyl)glycine -   (CboMe)G N-(Carboxymethyl)glycine -   (CboEt)G N-(2-Carboxyethyl)glycine -   (CboPr)G N-(3-Carboxypropyl)glycine -   (CbaMe)G N-(Carbamoylmethyl)glycine -   (CbaEt)G N-(2-Carbamoylethyl)glycine -   (CbaPr)G N-(3-Carbamoylpropyl)glycine -   (HyEt)G N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)glycine -   (HyPr)G (2R)—N-(2-Hydroxypropyl)glycine -   (Mcet)G N-(2-Mercaptoethyl)glycine     Particularly preferred residues for group M are -   Ahb 4-Amino-2-hydroxy-butyric acid -   H-γ⁴-DihAla-OH (4S)-4-Amino-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihVal-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-methyl-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihIle-OH (4R,5S)-4-Amino-5-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihLeu-OH (4R)-4-Amino-6-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihMet-OH (4R)-4-Amino-6-methylthio-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihTyr-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihHis-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(imidazole-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-phenyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiTrp-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(indol-3′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihSer-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-hydroxy-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihAsp-OH (4R)-4-Amino-hexanedioic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihGlu-OH 4-Amino-heptanedioic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihLys-OH (4S)-4,8-Diamino-octanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihArg-OH (4S)-4-Amino-7-guanidino-heptanoic-acid -   H-γ⁴-DihCys-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-mercapto-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihAsn-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-carbamoyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihGln-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-carbamoyl-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihThr-OH (4R,5R)-4-Amino-5-hydroxy-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHCit-OH (4S)-4-Amino-7-carbamidyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHOrn-OH (4S)-4,7-Diamino-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHtBuA-OH (4R)-4-Amino-6,6-dimethyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHSar-OH N-Methyl-4-amino-butyric acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPen-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-methyl-5-mercapto-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHtBuG-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5,5-dimethyl-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4AmPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-aminophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH3AmPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-aminophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2AmPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-aminophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhe (mC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-amidinophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhe (pC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-amidinophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhe (mNHC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-guanidino-phenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhe (pNHC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-guanidino-phenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2 Pal-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(pyridine-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4 Pal-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(pyridine-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHPhg-OH (4R)-4-Amino-4-phenyl-butyric acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHCha-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-cyclohexyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHC₄al-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-cyclobutyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHC₅al-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-cyclopentyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHNle-OH (4S)-4-Amino-octanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2Nal-OH (4S)-4-Amino-5-(2′-naphthyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH1Nal-OH (4S)-4-Amino-5-(1′-naphthyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4ClPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-chlorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH3ClPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-chlorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2ClPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-chlorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH3,4Cl₂Phe-OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′,4′-dichloro-phenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH4FPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-fluorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH3FPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(3′-fluorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiH2FPhe-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-fluorophenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHThi-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-thienyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHTza-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(2′-thiazolyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHMso-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-methylsulfoxyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHAcLys-OH (4S)-8-Acetylamino-4-amino-ocatanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHDpr-OH (4R)-4,5-diamino-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHA₂Bu-OH (4R)-4,5-Diamino-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHDbu-OH (4R)-4,5-Diamion-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHY(Bzl)-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-benzyloxyphenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHH (Bzl)-OH     (4R)-4-Amino-5-(1′-benzylimidazole-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHBip-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-biphenylyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHS (Bzl)-OH (4S)-4-Amino-5-(benzyloxy)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHT(Bzl)-OH (4R,5R)-4-Amino-5-benzyloxy-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHalloT-OH (4R,5S)-4-Amino-5-hydroxy-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHLeu3OH—OH (4R,5R)-4-Amino-5-hydroxy-6-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhAla-OH (4S)-4-Amino-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhArg-OH (4S)-4-Amino-8-guanidino-octanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhCys-OH (4R)-Amino-6-mercapto-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhGlu-OH (4S)-4-Amino-ocatanedioic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhGln-OH (4S)-4-Amino-7-carbamoyl-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhHis-OH (4S)-4-Amino-6-(imidazole-4′-yl)-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhlle-OH (4S,6S)-4-Amino-6-methyl-octanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhLeu-OH (4S)-4-Amino-7-methyl-ocatanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhNle-OH (4S)-4-Amino-nonanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhLys-OH (4S)-4,9-Diamino-nonanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhMet-OH (4R)-4-Amino-7-methylthioheptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhPhe-OH (4S)-4-Amino-6-phenyl-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhSer-OH (4R)-4-Amino-6-hydroxy-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhThr-OH (4R,6R)-4-Amino-6-hydroxy-heptanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhTrp-OH (4S)-4-Amino-6-(indol-3′-yl)-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhTyr-OH (4S)-4-Amino-6-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-hexanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHhCha-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-cyclohexyl-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DihBpa-OH (4R)-4-Amino-5-(4′-benzoylphenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHOctG-OH (4S)-4-Amino-dodecanoic acid -   H-γ⁴-DiHNle-OH (4S)-4-Amino-octanoic acid     Particularly preferred residues for group N are: -   H-β³-HAla-OH (3S)-3-Amino-butyric acid -   H-β³-HVal-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-methyl-valeric acid -   H-β³-HIle-OH (3R,4S)-3-Amino-4-methyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HLeu-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-methyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HMet-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-methylthio pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HTyr-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HHis-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(imidazole-4′-yl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-phenyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HTrp-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(indol-3′-yl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HSer-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-hydroxy-butyric acid -   H-β³-HAsp-OH 3-Amino-pentanedioic acid -   H-β³-HGlu-OH (3S)-3-Amino-hexanedioic acid -   H-β³-HLys-OH (3S)-3,7-Diamino-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HArg-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-guanidino-hexanoic-acid -   H-β³-HCys-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-mercapto-butyric acid -   H-β³-HAsn-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-carbamoyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HGln-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-carbamoyl-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HThr-OH (3R,4R)-3-Amino-4-hydroxy-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HCit-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-carbamidyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HOrn-OH (3S)-3,6-Diamino-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HtBuA-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5,5-dimethyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HSar-OH N-Methyl-3-amino-propionic acid -   H-β³-HPen-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-methyl-4-mercapto-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HtBuG-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4,4-dimethyl-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-H4AmPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-aminophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H3AmPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-aminophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H2AmPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(2′-aminophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HPhe(mC(NH₂)═NH)—OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-amidinophenyl)-butyric     acid -   H-β³-HPhe(pC(NH₂)═NH)—OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-amidinophenyl)-butyric     acid -   H-β³-HPhe(mNHC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-guanidinophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HPhe(pNHC(NH₂)═NH)—OH     (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-guanidino-phenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H2 Pal-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(pyridine-2′-yl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H4 Pal-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(pyridine-4′-yl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HPhg-OH (3R)-3-Amino-3-phenyl-propionic acid -   H-β³-HCha-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-cyclohexyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HC₄al-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-cyclobutyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HC₅al-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-cyclopentyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HNle-OH (3S)-3-Amino-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-H2Nal-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(2′-naphthyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H1Nal-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(1′-naphthyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H4ClPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H3ClPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H2ClPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(2′-chlorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H3, 4Cl₂Phe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′,4′-dichlorophenyl)-butyric     acid -   H-β³-H₄FPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H₃FPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(3′-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-H₂FPhe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(2′-fluorophenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HThi-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-(2′-thienyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HTza-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-(2′-thiazolyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HMso-OH (3R)-3-Amino-4-methylsulfoxyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HAcLys-OH (3S)-7-Acetylamino-3-amino-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HDpr-OH (3R)-3,4-diamino-butyric acid -   H-β³-HA₂Bu-OH (3S)-3,5-Diamino-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HDbu-OH (3R)-3,4-Diamino-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HY(Bzl)-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-benzyloxyphenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HH(Bzl)-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(1′-benzylimidazole-4′-yl)-butyric     acid -   H-β³-HBip-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-biphenylyl-butyric acid -   H-β³-HS(Bzl)-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(benzyloxy)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HT(Bzl)-OH (3R,4R)-3-Amino-4-benzyloxy-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HalloT-OH (3R,4S)-3-Amino-4-hydroxy-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HLeu3OH—OH (3R,4R)-3-Amino-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HhAla-OH (3S)-3-Amino-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhArg-OH (3S)-3-Amino-7-guanidino-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HhCys-OH (3R)-Amino-5-mercapto-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhGlu-OH (3S)-3-Amino-heptanedioic acid -   H-β³-HhGln-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-carbamoyl-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HhHis-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-(imidazole-4′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhIle-OH (3S,5S)-3-Amino-5-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HhLeu-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-methyl-heptanoic acid -   H-β³-HhNle-OH (3S)-3-Amino-octanoic acid -   H-β³-DiAoc-OH (3S)-3,8-Diamino-octanoic acid -   H-β³-HhMet-OH (3S)-3-Amino-6-methylthio-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HhPe-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-phenyl-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhSer-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-hydroxy-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhThr-OH (3S,5R)-3-Amino-5-hydroxy-hexanoic acid -   H-β³-HhTrp-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-(indol-3′-yl)-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhThr-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HhCha-OH (3S)-3-Amino-5-cyclohexyl-pentanoic acid -   H-β³-HBpa-OH (3S)-3-Amino-4-(4′-benzoylphenyl)-butyric acid -   H-β³-HOctG-OH (3S)-3-Amino-undecanoic acid -   H-β³-HNle-OH (3S)-3-Amino-heptanoic acid

In a particular embodiment of the invention Xaa¹⁵ is ^(D)Pro, ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)Tyr, ^(D)His, ^(D)His(Bzl), ^(D)4Pal, NMe^(p)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(c)Ala, ^(D)Lys, or ^(D)Dab; and Xaa¹⁶ is ^(L)Pro or Oic; the aforesaid ^(D)Pro moiety and/or the aforesaid ^(L)Pro moiety being optionally substituted as shown in Formula A8′ and, respectively, A8″, as defined above.

The amino acid residues in Cyclo (-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, are preferably:

-   -   Xaa¹: Tyr or of type M;     -   Xaa²: His;     -   Xaa³: Ala;     -   Xaa⁵: Ser, D-isomer of type F, γ⁴-amino acid residue of type M         or β³-amino acid residue of type N;     -   Xaa⁶: Ala;     -   Xaa⁷: of formula -A-CO— or D-isomer of type D;     -   Xaa⁸: Dab;     -   Xaa¹²: Tyr;     -   Xaa¹³: Gln;     -   Xaa¹⁴: Lys;     -   Xaa¹⁵: of formula -A-CO—, D-isomer of type C, D, E or F, or         N-substituted glycine of type I     -   Xaa¹⁶: of formula B—CO—         with the proviso that     -   Xaa¹: is a γ⁴-amino acid residue of type M; and/or     -   Xaa⁵: is the D-isomer of type F, or a γ⁴-amino of type M or a         β³-amino acid residue of type N; and/or;     -   Xaa¹⁵: is the D-isomer of type C, D, E or F, or a N-substituted         glycine of type I; and/or     -   Xaa¹⁶: is of formula —B—CO— with B being the enantiomer of group         A105.

The amino acid residues in Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, are most preferably:

-   -   Xaa¹: Tyr, H-γ⁴-DiHTyr-OH;     -   Xaa²: His;     -   Xaa³: Ala;     -   Xaa⁵: Ser, ^(D)alloT, Ahb, or H-β³-HSer-OH;     -   Xaa⁶: Ala;     -   Xaa⁷: ^(D)Pro, ^(D)Tyr, or ^(D)Trp;     -   Xaa⁸: Dab;     -   Xaa¹²: Tyr;     -   Xaa¹³: Gln;     -   Xaa¹⁴: Lys;     -   Xaa¹⁵: ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)His, ^(D)His(Bzl), ^(D)4Pal,         NMe^(D)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(D)Ala, ^(D)Tyr,         ^(D)Lys, ^(D)Dab or ^(D)Pro;     -   Xaa¹⁶: Pro, or Oic;         with the proviso that     -   Xaa¹ is H-γ4-DiHTyr-OH; and/or     -   Xaa⁵ is ^(D)alloT, Ahb, or H-β³-HSer-OH; and/or     -   Xaa¹⁵ is ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)His, ^(D)His(Bzl), ^(D)4 Pal,         NMe^(p)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(D)Ala, ^(D)Tyr,         ^(D)Lys, or ^(D)Dab; and/or     -   Xaa¹⁶ is Oic.

If it is desired to exclusively incorporate α-amino acid residues in Cyclo (-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, then the α-amino acid residues are preferably

-   -   Xaa¹: Tyr;     -   Xaa²: His;     -   Xaa³: Ala;     -   Xaa⁵: Ser or D-isomer of type F;     -   Xaa⁶: Ala;     -   Xaa⁷: of formula -A-CO— or D-isomer of type D;     -   Xaa⁸: Dab;     -   Xaa¹²: Tyr;     -   Xaa¹³: Gln;     -   Xaa¹⁴: Lys;     -   Xaa¹⁵: of formula -A-CO—, D-isomer of type C, D, E, F, or         N-substituted glycine of type I;     -   Xaa¹⁶: of formula —B—CO—;         with the proviso that     -   Xaa⁵ is the D-isomer of type D; and/or     -   Xaa¹⁵ is the D-isomer of type C, D, E, or F; or a N-substituted         glycine type I; and/or     -   Xaa¹⁶ is of formula —B—CO— with B being the enantiomer of A105.

If it is desired to exclusively incorporate α-amino acid residues in Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, then the α-amino acid residues are most preferably

-   -   Xaa¹: Tyr;     -   Xaa²: His;     -   Xaa³: Ala;     -   Xaa⁵: Ser or ^(D)alloT;     -   Xaa⁶: Ala;     -   Xaa⁷: ^(D)Pro, ^(D)Tyr or ^(D)Trp;     -   Xaa⁸: Dab;     -   Xaa¹²: Tyr;     -   Xaa¹³: Gln;     -   Xaa¹⁴: Lys;     -   Xaa¹⁵: ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)His, ^(D)His(Bzl), ^(D)4Pal,         NMe^(D)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(c)Ala, ^(D)Tyr,         ^(D)Lys, ^(D)Dab or ^(D)Pro     -   Xaa¹⁶: Pro or Oic;         with the proviso that     -   Xaa⁵ is ^(D)alloT; and/or     -   Xaa¹⁵ is ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)His, ^(D)His (Bzl), ^(D)4Pal,         NMe^(D)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(c)Ala, ^(D)Tyr,         ^(D)Lys, or ^(D)Dab; and/or     -   Xaa¹⁶ is Oic.

Particularly preferred β-peptidomimetics of the invention include those described in Examples 3, 7 and 12.

The processes of the invention can advantageously be carried out as parallel array syntheses to yield libraries of β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention. Such parallel syntheses allow one to obtain arrays of numerous (normally 12 to 192, typically 96) compounds as described above in moderate to high yields and defined purities, minimizing the formation of dimeric and polymeric by-products. The proper choice of the functionalized solid-support (i.e. solid support plus linker molecule) and site of cyclization play thereby key roles.

The functionalized solid support is conveniently derived from polystyrene crosslinked with, preferably 1-5%, divinylbenzene; polystyrene coated with polyethyleneglycol spacers (Tentagel®); and polyacrylamide resins (see also D. Obrecht, J.-M. Villalgordo, “Solid-Supported Combinatorial and Parallel Synthesis of Small-Molecular-Weight Compound Libraries”, Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry Series, Vol. 17, Pergamon, Elsevier Science, 1998).

The solid support is functionalized by means of a linker, i.e. a bifunctional spacer molecule which contains on one end an anchoring group for attachment to the solid support and on the other end a selectively cleavable functional group used for the subsequent chemical transformations and cleavage procedures. For the purposes of the present invention two types of linkers are used:

Type 1 linkers are designed to release the amide group under acid conditions (H. Rink, Tetrahedron Lett. 1987, 28, 3783-3790). Linkers of this kind form amides of the carboxyl group of the amino acids; examples of resins functionalized by such linker structures include 4-[(((2,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)Fmoc-aminomethyl)phenoxyacetamido) aminomethyl] PS resin, 4-[(((2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)Fmoc-aminomethyl)phenoxy-acetamido) aminomethyl]-4-methyl-benzydrylamine PS resin (Rink amide MBHA PS Resin), and 4-[(((2,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)Fmoc-aminomethyl)phenoxyacetamido) aminomethyl]benzhydrylamine PS-resin (Rink amide BHA PS resin). Preferably, the support is derived from polystyrene crosslinked with, most preferably 1-5%, divinylbenzene and functionalized by means of the 4-(((2,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)Fmoc-aminomethyl)phenoxyacetamido) linker.

Type 2 linkers are designed to eventually release the carboxyl group under acidic conditions. Linkers of this kind form acid-labile esters with the carboxyl group of the amino acids, usually acid-labile benzyl, benzhydryl and trityl esters; examples of such linker structures include 2-methoxy-4-hydroxymethylphenoxy (Sasrin® linker), 4-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl-hydroxymethyl)-phenoxy (Rink linker), 4-(4-hydroxymethyl-3-methoxyphenoxy)butyric acid (HMPB linker), trityl and 2-chlorotrityl. Preferably, the support is derived from polystyrene crosslinked with, most preferably 1-5%, divinylbenzene and functionalized by means of the 2-chlorotrityl linker.

When carried out as parallel array syntheses the processes of the invention can be advantageously carried out as described herein below but it will be immediately apparent to those skilled in the art how these procedures will have to be modified in case it is desired to synthesize one single compound of the invention.

A number of reaction vessels (normally 12 to 192, typically 96) equal to the total number of compounds to be synthesized by the parallel method are loaded with 25 to 1000 mg, preferably 60 mg, of the appropriate functionalized solid support, preferably 1 to 3% cross-linked polystyrene or Tentagel resin.

The solvent to be used must be capable of swelling the resin and includes, but is not limited to, dichloromethane (DCM), dimethylformamide (DMF), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), dioxane, toluene, tetrahydrofuran (THF), ethanol (EtOH), trifluoroethanol (TFE), isopropylalcohol and the like. Solvent mixtures containing as at least one component a polar solvent (e.g. 20% TFE/DCM, 35% THF/NMP) are beneficial for ensuring high reactivity and solvation of the resin-bound peptide chains (G. B. Fields, C. G. Fields, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 4202-4207).

With the development of various linkers that release the C-terminal carboxylic acid group under mild acidic conditions, not affecting acid-labile groups protecting functional groups in the side chain(s), considerable progresses have been made in the synthesis of protected peptide fragments. The 2-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzylalcohol-derived linker (Sasrin® linker, Mergler et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1988, 29 4005-4008) is cleavable with diluted trifluoroacetic acid (0.5-1% TFA in DCM) and is stable to Fmoc deprotection conditions during the peptide synthesis, Boc/tBu-based additional protecting groups being compatible with this protection scheme. Other linkers which are suitable for the process of the invention include the super acid labile 4-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl-hydroxymethyl)-phenoxy linker (Rink linker, H. Rink, Tetrahedron Lett. 1987, 28, 3787-3790), where the removal of the depsipeptide requires 10% acetic acid in DCM or 0.2% trifluoroacetic acid in DCM; the 4-(4-hydroxymethyl-3-methoxyphenoxy)butyric acid-derived linker (HMPB-linker, Flörsheimer & Riniker, Peptides 1991, 1990 131) which is also cleaved with 1% TFA/DCM in order to yield a peptide fragment containing all acid labile side-chain protective groups; and, in addition, the 2-chlorotritylchloride linker (Barlos et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 3943-3946), which allows the peptide detachment using a mixture of glacial acetic acid/trifluoroethanol/DCM (1:2:7) for 30 min.

Suitable protecting groups for α-, β- and γ-amino acids and, respectively, for their residues are, for example,

-   -   for the amino group (as is present e.g. also in the side-chain         of lysine)     -   Cbz benzyloxycarbonyl     -   Boc tert.-butyloxycarbonyl     -   Fmoc 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl     -   Alloc allyloxycarbonyl     -   Teoc trimethylsilylethoxycarbonyl     -   Tcc trichloroethoxycarbonyl     -   Nps o-nitrophenylsulfonyl;     -   Trt triphenymethyl or trityl     -   for the carboxyl group (as is present e.g. also in the         side-chain of aspartic and glutamic acid) by conversion into         esters with the alcohol components     -   tBu tert.-butyl     -   Bn benzyl     -   Me methyl     -   Ph phenyl     -   Pac phenacyl         -   allyl     -   Tse trimethylsilylethyl     -   Tce trichloroethyl;     -   for the guanidino group (as is present e.g. in the side-chain of         arginine)     -   Pmc 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-sulfonyl     -   Ts tosyl (i.e. p-toluenesulfonyl)     -   Cbz benzyloxycarbonyl     -   Pbf pentamethyldihydrobenzofuran-5-sulfonyl     -   for the hydroxy group (as is present e.g. in the side-chain of         threonine and serine)     -   tBu tert.-butyl     -   Bn benzyl     -   Trt trityl     -   Alloc allyloxycarbonyl     -   and for the mercapto group (as is present e.g. in the side-chain         of cysteine)     -   Acm acetamidomethyl     -   tBu tert.-butyl     -   Bn benzyl     -   Trt trityl     -   Mtr 4-methoxytrityl.

The 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-(Fmoc)-protected amino acid derivatives are preferably used as the building blocks for the construction of the β-hairpin loop mimetics of the invention. For the deprotection, i.e. cleaving off of the Fmoc group, 20% piperidine in DMF or 2% DBU/2% piperidine in DMF can be used.

The quantity of the reactant, i.e. of the amino acid derivative, is usually 1 to 20 equivalents based on the milliequivalents per gram (meq/g) loading of the functionalized solid support (typically 0.1 to 2.85 meq/g for polystyrene resins) originally weighed into the reaction tube. Additional equivalents of reactants can be used, if required, to drive the reaction to completion in a reasonable time. The preferred workstations (without, however, being limited thereto) are Labsource's Combi-chem station, Protein Technologies' Symphony and MultiSyn Tech's-Syro synthesizer, the latter additionally equipped with a transfer unit and a reservoir box during the process of detachment of the fully protected linear peptide from the solid support. All synthesizers are able to provide a controlled environment, for example, reactions can be accomplished at temperatures different from room temperature as well as under inert gas atmosphere, if desired.

Amide bond formation requires the activation of the α-carboxyl group for the acylation step. When this activation is being carried out by means of the commonly used carbodiimides such as dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC, Sheehan & Hess, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1955, 77, 1067-1068) or diisopropylcarbodiimide (DIC, Sarantakis et al Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1976, 73, 336-342), the resulting dicyclohexylurea and, respectively, diisopropylurea is insoluble and, respectively, soluble in the solvents generally used. In a variation of the carbodiimide method 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt, König & Geiger, Chem. Ber. 1970, 103, 788-798) is included as an additive to the coupling mixture. HOBt prevents dehydration, suppresses racemization of the activated amino acids and acts as a catalyst to improve the sluggish coupling reactions. Certain phosphonium reagents have been used as direct coupling reagents, such as benzotriazol-1-yl-oxy-tris-(dimethyl-amino)-phosphonium hexafluorophosphate (BOP, Castro et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1975, 14, 1219-1222; Synthesis 1976, 751-752), or benzotriazol-1-yl-oxy-tris-pyrrolidino-phosphonium hexafluorophoshate (Py-BOP, Coste et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1990, 31, 205-208), or 2-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl-)1,1,3,3-tetramethyluronium tetrafluoroborate (TBTU), or hexafluorophosphate (HBTU, Knorr et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 1927-1930); these phosphonium reagents are also suitable for in situ formation of HOBt esters with the protected amino acid derivatives. More recently diphenoxyphosphoryl azide (DPPA) or O-(7-aza-benzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium tetrafluoroborate (TATU) or O-(7-aza-benzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate (HATU)/7-aza-1-hydroxy benzotriazole (HOAt, Carpino et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 35, 2279-2281) or -(6-Chloro-1H-benzotriazol-1-yl-)-N,N,N′,N′-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluronium tetrafluoroborate (TCTU), or hexafluorophosphate (HCTU, Marder, Shivo and Albericio: HCTU and TCTU: New Coupling Reagents: Development and Industrial Applications, Poster Presentation, Gordon Conference February 2002) have also been used as coupling reagents as well as 1,1,3,3-Bis(tetramethylene)chlorouronium hexafluoro-phosphate (PyClU) especially for coupling N-methylated amino acids (J. Coste, E. Frérot, P. Jouin, B. Castro, Tetrahedron Lett. 1991, 32, 1967).

Due to the fact that near-quantitative coupling reactions are essential, it is desirable to have experimental evidence for completion of the reactions. The ninhydrin test (Kaiser et al., Anal. Biochemistry 1970, 34, 595), where a positive colorimetric response to an aliquot of resin-bound peptide or depsipeptide indicates qualitatively the presence of the primary amine, can easily and quickly be performed after each coupling step. Fmoc chemistry allows the spectrophotometric detection of the Fmoc chromophore when it is released with the base (Meienhofer et al., Int. J. Peptide Protein Res. 1979, 13, 35-42).

The resin-bound intermediate within each reaction vessel is washed free of excess of retained reagents, of solvents, and of by-products by repetitive exposure to pure solvent(s) by one of the two following methods:

1) The reaction vessels are filled with solvent (preferably 5 ml), agitated for 5 to 300 minutes, preferably 15 minutes, and drained to expel the solvent; 2) The reaction vessels are filled with solvent (preferably 5 ml) and drained into a receiving vessel such as a test tube or vial.

Both of the above washing procedures are repeated up to about 50 times (preferably about 10 times), monitoring the efficiency of reagent, solvent, and by-product removal by methods such as TLC, GC, or inspection of the washings.

The above described procedure of reacting the resin-bound compound with reagents within the reaction tubes followed by removal of excess reagents, by-products, and solvents is repeated with each successive transformation until the final resin-bound fully protected linear depsipeptide has been obtained.

Before this fully protected linear peptide is detached from the solid support, the disulfide bridge between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹ of Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶ can be formed. For the formation of this disulfide bridge preferably a solution of 10 equivalents of iodine solution is applied in DMF or in a mixture of CH₂Cl₂/MeOH for 1.5 h which is repeated for another 3 h with a fresh iodine solution after filtering of the iodine solution, or in a mixture of DMSO and acetic acid solution, buffered with 5% NaHCO₃ to pH 5-6 for 4 h, or in water after adjusting to pH 8 with ammonium hydroxide solution by stirring for 24 h, or in a solution of NMP and tri-n-butylphosphine (preferably 50 eq.).

Alternatively, the formation of the disulfide bridge between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹ of Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶ can be carried out subsequent to the work-up method 2), as described herein below, by stirring the crude fully deprotected and cyclized peptide for 24 h in water containing DMSO up to 15% by volume, buffered with 5% NaHCO₃ to pH 5-6, or buffered with ammonium acetate to pH 7-8, or adjusted with ammonium hydroxide to pH 8. Following evaporation to dryness Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰)-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹ is obtained as end-product.

Detachment of the fully protected linear peptide from the solid support is achieved by exposing the loaded resin with a solution of the cleavage reagent (preferably 3 to 5 ml). Temperature control, agitation, and reaction monitoring are implemented as described above. Via a transfer-unit the reaction vessels are connected with a reservoir box containing reservoir tubes to efficiently collect the cleaved product solutions. The resins remaining in the reaction vessels are then washed 2 to 5 times as above with 3 to 5 ml of an appropriate solvent to extract (wash out) as much of the detached products as possible. The product solutions thus obtained are combined, taking care to avoid cross-mixing. The individual solutions/extracts are then manipulated as needed to isolate the final compounds.

Typical manipulations include, but are not limited to, evaporation, concentration, liquid/liquid extraction, acidification, basification, neutralization or additional reactions in solution.

The solutions containing fully protected linear peptide derivatives which have been cleaved off from the solid support and neutralized with a base, are evaporated. Cyclization is then effected in solution using solvents such as DCM, DMF, dioxane, THF and the like. Various coupling reagents which were mentioned earlier can be used for the cyclization. The duration of the cyclization is about 6-48 hours, preferably about 16 hours. The progress of the reaction is followed, e.g. by RP-HPLC (Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography). Then the solvent is removed by evaporation, the fully protected cyclic depsipeptide derivative is dissolved in a solvent which is not miscible with water, such as DCM, and the solution is extracted with water or a mixture of water-miscible solvents, in order to remove any excess of the coupling reagent.

Finally, the fully protected peptide derivative is treated with 95% TFA, 2.5% H₂O, 2.5% TIS or another combination of scavengers for effecting the cleavage of protecting groups. The cleavage reaction time is commonly 30 minutes to 12 hours, preferably about 2.5 hours.

Alternatively, the detachment and complete deprotection of the fully protected peptide from the solid support can be achieved manually in glass vessels.

After full deprotection one of the following methods can be used for further work-up:

1) The volatiles are evaporated to dryness and the crude peptide is dissolved in 20% AcOH in water and extracted with isopropyl ether or other solvents which are suitable therefor. The aqueous layer is collected and evaporated to dryness, and the fully deprotected peptide, Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, is obtained as end-product; 2) The deprotection mixture is concentrated under vacuum. Following precipitation of the fully deprotected peptide in diethylether at preferably 0° C. the solid is washed up to about 10 times, preferably 3 times, dried, and the fully deprotected peptide, Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, is obtained as end-product, if disulfide bond has been formed on solid support as described herein above.

As mentioned earlier, it is thereafter possible, if desired, to convert the fully deprotected product of Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, thus obtained into a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or to convert a pharmaceutically acceptable, or unacceptable, salt thus obtained into the corresponding free compound of Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, or into a different, pharmaceutically acceptable, salt. Any of these operations can be carried out by methods well known in the art.

The β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention can be used in a wide range of applications in order to prevent HIV infections in healthy individuals and slow or halt viral progression in infected patients, or where cancer is mediated or resulting from the CXCR4 receptor activity, or where immunological diseases are mediated or resulting from CXCR4 receptor activity; or these β-hairpin peptidomimetics can be used to treat immunosuppression, or they can be used during apheresis collections of peripheral blood stem cells and/or as agents to induce mobilization of stem cells to regulate tissue repair.

The β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention may be administered per se or may be applied as an appropriate formulation together with carriers, diluents or excipients well known in the art.

When used to treat or prevent HIV infections or cancer such as breast cancer, brain cancer, prostate cancer, heptatocellular carcinoma, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, neuroblastoma, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, germ cell tumor, eye cancer, multiple myeloma, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer, rhabdomyo-sarcoma, melanoma, chronic lyphomphocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, multiple myeloma, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; metastasis, angiogenesis, and haematopoetic tissues; or inflammatory disorders such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, hypersensitivity lung diseases, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, eosinophilic pneumonias, delayed-type hypersensitivity, interstitial lung diseas (ILD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, ILD associated with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing sponylitis, systemic sclerosis, Sjogren's syndrome, systemic anaphylaxis or hypersensitivity responses, drug allergies, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, myasthenia gravis, juvenile onset diabetes, glomerulonephritis, autoimmune throiditis, graft rejection, including allograft rejection or graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, inflammatory dermatoses; or to treat glaucoma; or to treat focal ischemic stroke, global cerebral ischemia, myocardial infarction, hind limb ischemia and peripheral ischemia; or to treat injury of the liver, kidney and lung or to treat immunosuppression, including immunosuppression induced by chemotherapy, radiation therapy or graft/transplantation rejection, the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention can be administered singly, as mixtures of several β-hairpin peptidomimetics, in combination with other anti-HIV agents, or antimicrobial agents or anti cancer agents or anti-inflammatory agents, or in combination with other pharmaceutically active agents. The β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention can be administered per se or as pharmaceutical compositions.

Pharmaceutical compositions comprising β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention may be manufactured by means of conventional mixing, dissolving, granulating, coated tablet-making, levigating, emulsifying, encapsulating, entrapping or lyophilizing processes. Pharmaceutical compositions may be formulated in conventional manner using one or more physiologically acceptable carriers, diluents, excipients or auxilliaries which facilitate processing of the active β-hairpin peptidomimetics into preparations which can be used pharmaceutically. Proper formulation depends upon the method of administration chosen.

For topical administration the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention may be formulated as solutions, gels, ointments, creams, suspensions, etc. as are well-known in the art.

Systemic formulations include those designed for administration by injection, e.g. subcutaneous, intravenous, intramuscular, intrathecal or intraperitoneal injection, as well as those designed for transdermal, transmucosal, oral or pulmonary administration.

For injections, the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention may be formulated in adequate solutions, preferably in physiologically compatible buffers such as Hink's solution, Ringer's solution, or physiological saline buffer. The solutions may contain formulatory agents such as suspending, stabilizing and/or dispersing agents. Alternatively, the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention may be in powder form for combination with a suitable vehicle, e.g., sterile pyrogen-free water, before use.

For transmucosal administration, penetrants appropriate to the barrier to be permeated are used in the formulation as known in the art.

For oral administration, the compounds can be readily formulated by combining the active β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers well known in the art. Such carriers enable the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention to be formulated as tablets, pills, dragees, capsules, liquids, gels, syrups, slurries, suspensions etc., for oral ingestion by a patient to be treated. For oral formulations such as, for example, powders, capsules and tablets, suitable excipients include fillers such as sugars, such as lactose, sucrose, mannitol and sorbitol; cellulose preparations such as maize starch, wheat starch, rice starch, potato starch, gelatin, gum tragacanth, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, and/or polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP); granulating agents; and binding agents. If desired, desintegrating agents may be added, such as cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidones, agar, or alginic acid or a salt thereof, such as sodium alginate. If desired, solid dosage forms may be sugar-coated or enteric-coated using standard techniques.

For oral liquid preparations such as, for example, suspensions, elixirs and solutions, suitable carriers, excipients or diluents include water, glycols, oils, alcohols, etc. In addition, flavoring agents, preservatives, coloring agents and the like may be added.

For buccal administration, the composition may take the form of tablets, lozenges, etc. formulated as usual.

For administration by inhalation, the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention are conveniently delivered in form of an aeorosol spray from pressurized packs or a nebulizer, with the use of a suitable propellant, e.g. dichlorodifluoromethane, trichlorofluoromethane, carbon dioxide or another suitable gas. In the case of a pressurized aerosol the dose unit may be determined by providing a valve to deliver a metered amount. Capsules and cartridges of e.g. gelatin for use in an inhaler or insufflator may be formulated containing a powder mix of the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention and a suitable powder base such as lactose or starch.

The compounds may also be formulated in rectal or vaginal compositions such as suppositories together with appropriate suppository bases such as cocoa butter or other glycerides.

In addition to the formulations described above, the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention may also be formulated as depot preparations. Such long acting formulations may be administered by implantation (e.g. subcutaneously or intramuscularly) or by intramuscular injection. For the manufacture of such depot preparations the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention may be formulated with suitable polymeric or hydrophobic materials (e.g. as an emulsion in an acceptable oil) or ion exchange resins, or as sparingly soluble salts.

In addition, other pharmaceutical delivery systems may be employed such as liposomes and emulsions well known in the art. Certain organic solvents such as dimethylsulfoxide may also be employed. Additionally, the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention may be delivered using a sustained-release system, such as semipermeable matrices of solid polymers containing the therapeutic agent. Various sustained-release materials have been established and are well known by those skilled in the art. Sustained-release capsules may, depending on their chemical nature, release the compounds for a few weeks up to over 100 days. Depending on the chemical nature and the biological stability of the therapeutic agent, additional strategies for protein stabilization may be employed.

As the β-hairpin pepdidomimetics of the invention may contain charged residues, they may be included in any of the above-described formulations as such or as pharmaceutically acceptable salts. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts tend to be more soluble in aqueous and other protic solvents than are the corresponding free forms.

The β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention, or compositions thereof, will generally be used in an amount effective to achieve the intended purpose. It is to be understood that the amount used will depend on a particular application.

For topical administration to treat or prevent HIV infections a therapeutically effective dose can be determined using, for example, the in vitro assays provided in the examples. The treatment may be applied while the HIV infection is visible, or even when it is not visible. An ordinary skilled expert will be able to determine therapeutically effective amounts to treat topical HIV infections without undue experimentation.

For systemic administration, a therapeutically effective dose can be estimated initially from in vitro assays. For example, a dose can be formulated in animal models to achieve a circulating β-hairpin peptidomimetic concentration range that includes the IC₅₀ as determined in the cell culture (i.e. the concentration of a test compound that is lethal to 50% of a cell culture). Such information can be used to more accurately determine useful doses in humans.

Initial dosages can also be determined from in vivo data, e.g. animal models, using techniques that are well known in the art. One having ordinary skill in the art could readily optimize administration to humans based on animal data.

Dosage amounts for applications as anti-HIV agents may be adjusted individually to provide plasma levels of the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention which are sufficient to maintain the therapeutic effect. Therapeutically effective serum levels may be achieved by administering multiple doses each day.

In cases of local administration or selective uptake, the effective local concentration of the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention may not be related to plasma concentration. One having the ordinary skill in the art will be able to optimize therapeutically effective local dosages without undue experimentation.

The amount of β-hairpin peptidomimetics administered will, of course, be dependent on the subject being treated, on the subject's weight, the severity of the affliction, the manner of administration and the judgement of the prescribing physician.

The anti-HIV therapy may be repeated intermittently while infections are detectable or even when they are not detectable. The therapy may be provided alone or in combination with other drugs, such as for example other anti-HIV agents or anti cancer agents, or other antimicrobial agents.

Normally, a therapeutically effective dose of the β-hairpin peptidomimetics described herein will provide therapeutic benefit without causing substantial toxicity.

Toxicity of the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention can be determined by standard pharmaceutical procedures in cell cultures or experimental animals, e.g., by determining the LD₅₀ (the dose lethal to 50% of the population) or the LD₁₀₀ (the dose lethal to 100% of the population). The dose ratio between toxic and therapeutic effect is the therapeutic index. Compounds which exhibit high therapeutic indices are preferred. The data obtained from these cell culture assays and animal studies can be used in formulating a dosage range that is not toxic for use in humans. The dosage of the β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the invention lies preferably within a range of circulating concentrations that include the effective dose with little or no toxicity. The dosage may vary within the range depending upon the dosage form employed and the route of administration utilized. The exact formulation, route of administration and dose can be chosen by the individual physician in view of the patient's condition (see, e.g. Fingl et al. 1975, In: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Ch.1, p. 1).

The following Examples illustrate the present invention but are not to be construed as limiting its scope in any way.

EXAMPLES 1. Peptide Synthesis Coupling of the First Protected Amino Acid Residue to the Resin

1 g (1.4 mMol) of 2-chlorotritylchloride resin (1.4 mMol/g; Barlos et al. Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 3943-3946) was filled into a dried flask. The resin was suspended in CH₂Cl₂ (5 ml) and allowed to swell at room temperature under constant shaking for 30 min. A solution of 0.98 mMol (0.7 eq) of the first suitably protected amino acid residue (see below) in CH₂Cl₂ (5 ml) completed by 960 μl (4 eq) of diisopropylethylamine (DIEA) was added. After shaking the reaction mixture for 4 hours at 25° C. the resin was filtered off and washed successively with CH₂Cl₂ (1×), DMF (1×) and CH₂Cl₂ (1×). A solution of CH₂Cl₂/MeOH/DIEA (17/2/1, 10 ml) was added to the resin and the suspension was shaken for 30 min. After filtration the resin was washed in the following order with CH₂Cl₂ (1×), DMF (1×), CH₂Cl₂ (1x), MeOH (1×), CH₂Cl₂ (1×), MeOH (1×), CH₂Cl₂ (2×), Et₂O (2×) and dried under vacuum for 6 hours.

Loading was typically 0.6-0.7 mMol/g. The following preloaded resins were prepared: Fmoc-ProO-chlorotrityl resin, Fmoc-OicO-chlorotrityl resin, and Fmoc-AlaO-chlorotrityl resin.

The synthesis was carried out employing a Syro-peptide synthesizer (MultiSynTech) using 24-96 reaction vessels. In each vessel 0.04 mMol of the above resin were placed and the resin was swollen in CH₂Cl₂ and DMF for 15 min, respectively. The following reaction cycles were programmed and carried out:

Step Reagent Time 1 DMF, wash 2 × 1 min 2 20% piperidine/DMF 1 × 5 min, 1 × 15 min 3 DMF, wash 5 × 1 min 4a 5 eq Fmoc amino acid/DMF + 1 × 60 min  5 eq HCTU/DMF, 10 eq DIEA/DMF 5 DMF, wash 3 × 1 min Step 4a was repeated once.

Unless indicated otherwise, the final coupling of an amino acid was followed by a Fmoc deprotection by applying steps 1-3 of the above described reaction cycle.

To introduce a N-substituted glycine building block into position Xaa¹⁵ the following steps 4b.1-4-b.3 were used instead of step 4a:

4b.1 11 eq BrCH₂COOH/DMF + 13 eq DIC 1 × 90 min 4b.2 DMF, wash  4 × 2 min 4b.3 20 eq amine building block 1 × 120 min  with protective residue/DMF

Moreover, if a N-substituted glycine building block had been introduced in the previous cycle, step 4a was modified as follows:

4c 5 eq Fmoc amino acid/DMF + 1 × 120 min 3.5 eq HATU/DMF, 7 eq DIEA/DMF

To introduce a N-Methyl-substituted amino acid building block into position Xaa¹⁵ the following steps 4d.1-4d.10 were used instead of step 4a:

4d.1 5 eq oNBS-Cl, 10 eq Collidine/NMP 2 × 15 min  4d.2 NMP, wash 2 × 1 min 4d.3 DMF, wash 2 × 1 min 4d.4 THF, wash 2 × 1 min 4d.5 5 eq Ph₃P, MeOH/THF 1:1 [v/v], 2 × 20 min  5 eq DIAD 4d.6 THF, wash 3 × 1 min 4d.7 NMP, wash 2 × 1 min 4d.8 10 eq Mercaptoethanol, 5 eq DBU/NMP 3 × 10 min  4d.9 NMP, wash 3 × 1 min 4d.10 DMF, wash 2 × 1 min

Furthermore, if a N-Methyl-substituted amino acid building block had been introduced in the previous cycle, steps 1-3 were skipped and step 4a was modified as follows:

4e 3 eq Fmoc amino acid/DMF + 2 × 60 min 3 eq PyClU/DMF, 5 eq DIEA/DMF

Cyclization and Work Up of Backbone Cyclized Peptides Cleavage of the Fully Protected Peptide Fragment

After completion of the synthesis, the resin (0.04 mMol) was suspended in 1 ml (0.13 mMol, 3.4 eq) of 1% TFA in CH₂Cl₂ (v/v) for 3 minutes, filtered, and the filtrate was neutralized with 1 ml (0.58 mMol, 14.6 eq) of 10% DIEA in CH₂Cl₂ (v/v). This procedure was repeated three times to ensure completion of the cleavage. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness and a sample of the product was fully deprotected by using a cleavage mixture containing 95% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), 2.5% water and 2.5% triisopropylsilane (TIS) to be analyzed by reverse phase-HPLC (column C₁₈) and ESI-MS to monitor the efficiency of the linear peptide synthesis.

Cyclization of the Linear Peptide

The fully protected linear peptide (0.04 mMol) was dissolved in DMF (4 μMol/ml). Then 30.4 mg (0.08 mMol, 2 eq) of HATU, 10.9 mg (0.08 mMol, 2 eq) of HOAt and 28 μl (0.16 mMol, 4 eq) DIEA were added, and the mixture was vortexed at 25° C. for 16 hours and subsequently concentrated under high vacuum. The residue was partitioned between CH₂Cl₂ and H₂O/CH₃CN (90/10: v/v). The CH₂Cl₂ phase was evaporated to yield the fully protected cyclic peptide.

Full Deprotection of the Cyclic Peptide

The cyclic peptide obtained was dissolved in 3 ml of the cleavage mixture containing 82.5% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), 5% water, 5% thioanisole, 5% phenol and 2.5% ethandithiole (EDT). The mixture was allowed to stand at 25° C. for 2.5 hours and thereafter concentrated under vacuum. After precipitation of the cyclic fully deprotected depsipeptide in diethylether (Et₂O) at 0° C. the solid was washed twice with Et₂O and dried.

Formation of Disulfide β-Strand Linkage and Purification

After full deprotection, the crude peptide was dissolved in 0.1 M ammonium acetate buffer (1 mg/1 ml, pH=7-8). DMSO (up to 5% by volume) was added and the solution was shaken overnight. Following evaporation the residue was purified by preparative reverse phase HPLC.

Analytical Method:

Analytical HPLC retention times (RT, in minutes) were determined using an Xbridge C18 2.5 μm column with the following solvents A (H₂O+0.1% TFA) and B (CH₃CN+0.09% TFA) and the gradient: 0 min: 97% A, 3% B; 3 min: 3% A, 97% B; 3.01-3.6 min: 3% A, 97% B; 3.7 min: 97% A, 3% B; 3.71-4.3 min: 97% A, 3% B.

Examples 1-4, 6-15, 17-18 and 20 are shown in Table 1. The peptides were synthesized starting with the amino acid Pro (Xaa¹⁶) which was grafted to the resin. Starting resin was Fmoc-ProO-chlorotrityl resin, which was prepared as described above. The linear peptides were synthesized on solid support according to the procedure described above in the following sequence: Resin-Pro¹⁶-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹²-Cys¹¹-Tyr¹⁰-Arg⁹-Xaa⁸-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁵-Cys⁴-Xaa³-Xaa²-Xaa¹.

Following a final Fmoc deprotection as described above, the peptides were cleaved from the resin, cyclized, deprotected and after formation of the disulfide (3-strand linkage purified as indicated above.

HPLC-retention times (minutes) were determined using the gradient method as described above.

Example 5 is shown in Table 1, too. The peptide was synthesized starting with the amino acid Dab (Xaa⁸) which was grafted to the resin. Starting resin was Fmoc-Dab(Boc)O-chlorotrityl resin, which was prepared as described above. The linear peptide was synthesized on solid support according to the procedure described above in the following sequence: Resin-Dab⁸-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁵-Cys⁴-Xaa³-Xaa²-Xaa¹-Xaa¹⁶-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹²-Cys¹¹-Tyr¹⁰-Arg⁹. Following a final Fmoc deprotection as described above, the peptide was cleaved from the resin, cyclized, deprotected and after formation of the disulfide β-strand linkage purified as indicated above.

HPLC-retention time (minutes) was determined using the gradient method as described above

Example 16 is likewise shown in Table 1. The peptide was synthesized starting with the amino acid Oic (Xaa¹⁶) which was grafted to the resin. Starting resin was Fmoc-OicO-chlorotrityl resin, which was prepared as described above. The linear peptide was synthesized on solid support according to the procedure described above in the following sequence: Resin-Oic ¹⁶-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹²-Cys¹¹-Tyr¹⁰-Arg⁹-Xaa⁸-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁵-Cys⁴-Xaa³-Xaa²-Xaa¹. Following a final Fmoc deprotection as described above, the peptide was cleaved from the resin, cyclized, deprotected and after formation of the disulfide β-strand linkage purified as indicated above.

HPLC-retention time (minutes) was determined using the gradient method as described above

Example 19 is shown in Table 1 as well. The peptide was synthesized starting with the amino acid Ala (Xaa³) which was grafted to the resin. Starting resin was Fmoc-AlaO-chlorotrityl resin, which was prepared as described above. The linear peptide was synthesized on solid support according to the procedure described above in the following sequence: Resin-Ala³-Xaa²-Xaa¹-Xaa¹⁶-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹²-Cys¹¹-Tyr¹⁰-Arg⁹-Xaa⁸-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁵-Cys⁴. Following a final Fmoc deprotection as described above, the peptide was cleaved from the resin, cyclized, deprotected and after formation of the disulfide β-strand linkage purified as indicated above.

HPLC-retention times (minutes) was determined using the gradient method as described above.

TABLE 1 Examples (Ex.) Ex. Ex. Seq ID Xaa¹ Xaa² Xaa³ Cys⁴ Xaa⁵ Xaa⁶ Xaa⁷ Xaa⁸ Arg⁹ Tyr¹⁰ Cys¹¹ Xaa¹² Xaa¹³ Xaa¹⁴ Xaa¹⁵ Xaa¹⁶  1. SEQ ID NO: 1 Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Cha Pro  2. SEQ ID NO: 2 Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys NMe^(D)Ile Pro  3. SEQ ID No: 3 Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Tyr Pro  4. SEQ ID NO: 4 Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)His Pro  5. SEQ ID NO: 5 Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)His(Bzl) Pro  6. SEQ ID NO: 6 Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)4Pal Pro  7. SEQ ID NO: 7 Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys NMe^(D)Tyr Pro  8. SEQ ID NO: 8 Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys NMe^(D)Lys Pro  9. SEQ ID NO: 9 Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys (ABu)G Pro 10. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Tyr Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Ile Pro 10 11. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Trp Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Ile Pro 11 12. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Tyr Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys NMe^(D)Ala Pro 12 13. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Tyr Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Tyr Pro 13 14. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Tyr Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Lys Pro 14 15. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Tyr Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Dab Pro 15 16. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Pro Oic 16 17. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys ^(D)alloT Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Pro Pro 17 18. SEQ ID NO: γ⁴Y^(b)) His Ala Cys Ser Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Pro Pro 18 19. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys Ahb Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Pro Pro 19 20. SEQ ID NO: Tyr His Ala Cys β³S^(c)) Ala ^(D)Pro Dab Arg Tyr Cys Tyr Gln Lys ^(D)Pro Pro 20 Cys in pos.4 and11 in Ex. 1-20 form a disulfide bridge, ^(b))γ⁴Y: H-γ⁴-DiFITyr-OH ^(c))β³S:H-β³-HSer-OH

TABLE 2 Ex. Purity [%]^(a)) (M + 2H)/2 RT 1 95 960.8 1.86 2 95 947.8 1.72 3 95 965.7 1.59 4 95 952.7 1.55 5 95 997.7 1.64 6 95 958.3 1.55 7 95 972.8 1.64 8 88 955.2 1.52 9 95 948.3 1.53 10 95 973.8 1.72 11 95 985.3 1.76 12 95 959.8 1.60 13 95 998.8 1.66 14 95 981.2 1.57 15 91 967.5 1.56 16 95 960.0 1.72 17 95 939.4 1.61 18 95 946.7 1.61 19 95 939.5 1.62 20 95 939.4 1.58 ^(a))%-purity of compounds after prep. HPLC.

2. Biological Methods 2.1. Preparation of the Peptides

Lyophilized peptides were weighed on a Microbalance (Mettler MT5) and dissolved in sterile water to a final concentration of 1 mM or dissolved in DMSO to a final concentration of 10 mM. Stock solutions were kept at +4° C., light protected. In case of DMSO stock solutions the biological assays were carried out under assay conditions having less than 1% DMSO.

2.2. Cell Culture

Mouse pre-B cells were cultured in RPMI1640 plus 5% FBS, antibiotic/antimycotic, non essential amino acid, 50 μM β-mercaptoethanol and 1 mM natrium pyruvate. HELA cells were maintained in RPMI1640 plus 10% FBS, pen/strept and 2 mM L-glutamine. Cos-7 cells were grown in DMEM medium with 4500 mg/mL glucose supplemented with 10% FCS, pen/strept and 2 mM L-glutamine. All cell lines were grown at 37° C. at 5% CO₂. Cell media, media supplements, PBS-buffer, HEPES, antibiotic/antimycotic, pen/strept, non essential amino acid, L-glutamine, β-mercaptoethanol and sera were purchased from Gibco (Pailsey, UK). All fine chemicals were supplied by Merck (Darmstadt, Germany).

2.3. Ce²⁺-Assay: CXCR4-Antagonizing Activity of the Peptides

Increases in intracellular calcium were monitored using a Flexstation 384 (Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif.) to assay the depsipeptides for CXCR4 antagonism in a mouse pre-B cell line 300-19 stably transfected with human CXCR4 (E. Oberlin, A. Amara, F. Bachelerie, C. Bessia, J.-L. Virelizier, F. Arenzana-Seisdedos, O. Schwartz, J.-M. Heard, I. Clark-Lewis, D. F. Legler, M. Loetscher, M. Baggiolini, B. Moser, Nature 1996, 382, 833-835; M. Loetscher, T. Geiser, T. O'Reilly, R. Zwalen, M. Baggiolini, B. Moser, J. Biol. Chem. 1994, 269, 232-237; M. D'Apuuo, A. Rolink, M. Loetscher, J. A. Hoxie, I. Clark-Lewis, F. Melchors, M. Baggiolini, B. Moser, Eur. J. Immunol. 1997, 27, 1788-1793). The cells were batch loaded with the Calcium 4 Assay kit (Molecular Devices) in assay buffer (Hanks Balanced salt solution [HBSS], 20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, 0.1% BSA) for 1 h at room temperature and labeled cells were dispensed into black 96 well assays plates (Costar No. 3603). Calcium mobilization induced by stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) was measured in the Flexstation 384 (excitation: 485 nm; emission: 525 nm) for 90 seconds. Antagonist activity of peptides was determined by spiking the cells with compounds prior to SDF-1 addition. Dose response curves (compound concentration versus % maximum response for SDF-1) were determined for each antagonist and IC₅₀ values were calculated by fitting the data to a four parameter logistic equation using SoftmaxPro 4.8 (Molecular Devices).

2.4. Cytotoxicity Assay

The cytotoxicity of the depsipeptides to HELA cells (Acc57) and COS-7 cells (CRL-1651) was determined using the MTT reduction assay (T. Mossman, J. Immunol. Meth. 1983, 65, 55-63; M. V. Berridge, A. S. Tan, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 1993, 303, 474-482). Briefly, the method was as follows: 7000 HELA cells/well and 4500 COS-7 cells/well were seeded and grown in 96-well microtiter plates for 24 h at 37° C. at 5% CO₂. Thereafter, time zero (Tz) was determined by MTT reduction (see below). The supernatant of the remaining wells was discarded, and fresh medium and compounds in serial dilutions (12.5, 25 and 50 μM, triplicates) were pipetted into the wells. After incubation of the cells for 48 h at 37° C. at 5% CO₂ the supernatant was discarded again and 100 μL MTT reagent (0.5 mg/mL in RPMI1640 and DMEM, respectively)/well was added. Following incubation at 37° C. for 2 h the media were aspirated and the cells were spiked (100 μL isopropanol/well). The absorbance of the solubilized formazan was measured at 595 nm (OD₅₉₅peptide). For each concentration averages were calculated from triplicates. The percentage of growth was calculated as follows: (OD₅₉₅peptide-OD₅₉₅Tz-OD₅₉₅Empty well)/(OD₅₉₅Tz-OD₅₉₅Empty well)×100%. The GI₅₀ (Growth Inhibition) concentrations were calculated for each depsipeptide by using a trend line function for the concentrations (50, 25, 12.5 and 0 μM), the corresponding percentages and the value 50, (=TREND (C₅₀:C₀, %₅₀:%₀, 50).

2.5. Hemolysis

The peptides were tested for their hemolytic activity against human red blood cells (hRBC). Fresh hRBC were washed three times with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and centrifuged for 10 min at 2000×g. Compounds (100 μM) were incubated with 20% hRBC (v/v) for 1 h at 37° C. The final erythrocyte concentration was approximately 0.9×10′ cells/mL. A value of 0% and 100% cell lyses, respectively, was determined by incubation of hRBC in the presence of PBS alone and 0.1% Triton X-100 in H₂O, respectively. The samples were centrifuged, the supernatants were 20-fold diluted in PBS buffer and the optical densities (OD) were measured at 540 nm. The 100% lyses value (OD₅₄₀H₂O) gave an OD₅₄₀ of approximately 1.3-1.8.

Percent hemolysis was calculated as follows: (OD₅₄₀peptide/OD₅₄₀H₂O)×100%.

2.6. Plasma Stability

The stability of the peptides in human and mouse plasma was determined by applying the following method: 315 μL/deep well of freshly thawed human plasma (Basler Blutspende-dienst) and mouse plasma (Harlan Sera-Lab, UK), respectively, were spiked with 35 μL/well of compound in PBS (100 μM, triplicate) and incubated at 37° C. At t=0, 15, 30, 60, 120 and 240 min aliquots of 50 μL were transferred to filtration plate wells containing 150 μL/well of acetonitrile. Following shaking for 2 min the occurred suspensions were filtrated by vacuum and finally, 100 μL of each filtrate were transferred to a propylene microtiter plate, and analyzed by LC/MS as follows: Column: Waters, XBridge C18, mobile phases: (A) water+0.1% formic acid and (B) acetonitrile/water, 95/5 (v/v)+0.1% formic acid, gradient: 5%-100% (B) in 2 minutes, electrospray ionization, MRM detection (triple quadrupole). The peak areas were determined and triplicate values are averaged. The stability is expressed in percent of the initial value at t=0. (t_(x)/t_(o)×100). By using the TREND function of EXCEL (Microsoft Office 2003) T_(1/2) were determined.

TABLE 3 Ex. IC50% [nM] ± SD, CXCR4 receptor 1 1.30 ± 0.4 2 1.22 ± 1.0 3 1.94 ± 0.5 4 0.52 ± 0.3 5 0.92 ± 0.2 6 0.17 ± 0.1 7 0.33 ± 0.1 8 0.31 ± 0.2 9  0.09 ± 0.05 10 1.18 ± 0.4 11  0.17 ± 0.02 12  0.10 ± 0.02 13 0.82 ± 0.2 14  0.14 ± 0.01 15  0.29 ± 0.16 16 1.46 ± 1.6 17 2.45 ± 1.0 18 0.39 ± 0.5 19  1.1 ± 0.6 20 2.66 ± 2.2

TABLE 4 Cytotoxicity Plasmastability Hela Cos-7 Hemolysis human pl. mouse pl. Cells GI₅₀ Cells GI₅₀ at 100 μM T_(1/2) T_(1/2) Ex. [μM] [μM] [%] [min] [min] 1 >50 >50 0 240 240 2 >50 >50 0.6 240 240 3 >50 >50 0.1 240 240 4 >50 >50 1.9 240 240 5 >50 >50 1 240 240 6 >50 >50 2.4 240 240 7 >50 >50 0.6 240 240 8 >50 >50 0.3 240 240 9 >50 >50 2.1 240 240 10 >50 >50 0 240 240 11 >50 >50 1.7 240 240 12 >50 >50 0.9 240 240 13 >50 >50 0.7 240 240 14 >50 >50 1 240 240 15 >50 >50 0.6 240 240 16 >50 >50 0.5 240 240 17 >50 >50 1 240 240 18 >50 >50 1.4 240 240 19 >50 >50 1.8 240 240 20 >50 >50 0.6 240 240 

1. Compounds of the general formula Cyclo(-Xaa¹-Xaa²-Xaa³-Cys⁴-Xaa⁵-Xaa⁶-Xaa⁷-Xaa⁸-Arg⁹-Tyr¹⁰-Cys¹¹-Xaa¹²-Xaa¹³-Xaa¹⁴-Xaa¹⁵-Xaa¹⁶-), disulfide bond between Cys⁴ and Cys¹¹, wherein Xaa¹ is Tyr or a ₇-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below, Xaa² is His, Tyr, Arg or Lys, Xaa³ is Ala or Tyr, Xaa⁵ is Ser or the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type F as defined herein below or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below or an β-amino acid of type N as defined herein below, Xaa⁶ is Ala or a β-amino acid residue of type N as described herein below, Xaa⁷ is -A-CO— as described hereafter or the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type D as described herein below, Xaa⁸ is Dab, Arg, Tyr or Thr, Xaa¹² is Tyr or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as described herein below, Xaa¹³ is Gln or an γ-amino acid residue of type M as described herein below, Xaa¹⁴ is Lys, Orn, Ala, Gln or Glu, Xaa¹⁵ is -A-CO— as described herein below or the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type C, or of type D, or of type E, or of type F, as described herein below or a N-substituted glycine residue of type I as described herein below, and Xaa¹⁶ is —B—CO— as described herein below; with the proviso that Xaa¹ is a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below; and/or Xaa⁵ is the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type F as defined herein below, or a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below, or a β-amino acid residue of type N as defined herein below; and/or Xaa⁶ is a β-amino acid residue of type N as defined herein below; and/or Xaa¹² is a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below; and/or Xaa¹³ is a γ-amino acid residue of type M as defined herein below; and/or Xaa¹⁵ is the D-isomer of an amino acid residue of type C, or of type D, or of type E, or of type F as defined herein below, or an N-substituted glycine residue of type I as defined herein below; and/or Xaa¹⁶ is —B—CO— with B being the enantiomer of group A105 as defined herein below; —B—CO— is Gly, or the residue of an L-α-amino acid with B being a residue of formula —NR²⁰CH(R⁷¹)—, or —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)—, or —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)— or —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)— or —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)— or the enantiomer of one of the groups A1 to A69 and A105 as defined hereinafter; A of A-CO— is a group of one of the formulae

R¹ is H; lower alkyl; or aryl-lower alkyl; R² is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹, —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)R⁷⁷; R³ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R⁴ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R⁵ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R⁶ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R⁷ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶)₂; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s) C₆H₄R⁸; R⁸ is H; Cl; F; CF₃; NO₂; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; aryl-lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)R⁷⁷ —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COR⁶⁴; R⁹ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹⁰ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹¹ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹² is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(r)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹³ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SOR⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹⁴ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SOR⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹⁵ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹⁶ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹⁷ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(q)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹⁸ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R¹⁹ is lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; or R¹⁸ and R¹⁹ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; R²⁰ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; or aryl-lower alkyl; R²¹ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R²² is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R²³ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R²⁴ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R²⁵ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R²⁶ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; or R²⁵ and R²⁶ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(r); —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(r)—; or —(CH₂)_(r)NR⁵⁷(CH₂)_(r)—; R²⁷ is H; alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R²⁸ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)—OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R²⁹ is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁵⁶; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R³³ is H; alkyl, alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³⁴R⁶³; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(1n)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COR⁶⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)—CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹, —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)C₆H₄R⁸; R³⁴ is H; lower alkyl; aryl, or aryl-lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; R⁵⁰ is H; lower alkyl; or aryl-lower alkyl; R⁵⁵ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl-lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³⁴R⁶³; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)—COR⁶⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)COOR⁵⁷; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; R⁵⁶ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl-lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁵⁷; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³⁴R⁶³; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(m)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)—COR⁶⁴; or —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; R⁵⁷ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl lower alkyl; or heteroaryl lower alkyl; R⁵⁸ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; heteroaryl; aryl-lower alkyl; or heteroaryl-lower alkyl; R⁵⁹ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; heteroaryl; aryl-lower alkyl; or heteroaryl-lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; R⁶⁰ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; or aryl-lower alkyl; R⁶¹ is alkyl; alkenyl; aryl; heteroaryl; aryl-lower alkyl; heteroaryl-lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(p)OR⁵⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(p)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(p)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)COOR³⁷; or —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; R⁶² is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl, heteroaryl; or aryl-lower alkyl; R⁶³ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl, heteroaryl; aryl-lower alkyl; heteroaryl-lower alkyl; —COR⁶⁴; —COOR⁵⁷; —CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —SO₂R⁶²; or —PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; or R³⁴ and R⁶³ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; R⁶⁴ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; heteroaryl; aryl-lower alkyl; heteroaryl-lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁶⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁶⁶; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³⁴R⁶³; —(CH₂)_(P)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR⁷⁵R⁸²; or —(CH₂)_(P)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁸²; R⁶⁵ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl, aryl-lower alkyl; heteroaryl-lower alkyl; —COR⁵⁷; —COOR⁵⁷; or —CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; R⁶⁶ is H lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl; aryl-lower alkyl; heteroaryl-lower alkyl; or —CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; R⁶⁷ is H; Cl; Br; F; NO₂; —NR³⁴COR⁵⁷; —CF₃; CN; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂; —OR⁵⁷; —SR⁶²; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁶⁸ is H; Cl; Br; F; NO₂; —NR³⁴COR⁵⁷; —CF₃; CN; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂; —OR⁵⁷; —SR⁶²; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁶⁹ is H; Cl; Br; F; NO₂; —NR³⁴COR⁵⁷; —CF₃; CN; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂; —OR⁵⁷; —SR⁶²; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁰ is H; Cl; Br; F; NO₂; —NR³⁴COR⁵⁷; —CF₃; CN; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂; —OR⁵⁷; —SR⁶²; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷¹ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR^(6I))_(s)SR⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸²; —(CH₂)_(o)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)COOR⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(p)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)PO(OR⁶²)₂; —(CH₂)_(p)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)—C₆R⁶⁷R⁶⁸R⁶⁹R⁷⁰R⁷⁶; R⁷² is alkyl; alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OR⁸⁵; or —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SR⁸⁵; R⁷³ is —(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷; or —(CH₂)_(r)NR²⁰(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷; R⁷⁴ is —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁷⁷R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(p)C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)N═C(NR⁷⁸R⁸⁰)NR⁷⁹R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁷⁷R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;)—(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹;)—(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄N═C(NR⁷⁸R⁸⁰)NR⁷⁹R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(m)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(m)NR⁷⁷R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(m)NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(m)N═C(NR⁷⁸R⁸⁰)NR⁷⁹R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄CNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(s)O(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(m)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(m)NR⁷⁷R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(m)NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(m)N═C(NR⁷⁸R⁸⁰)NR⁷⁹R⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄CNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NOR⁵⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄C(═NNR⁷⁸R⁷⁹)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(r)S(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰COR⁶⁴; —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰COR⁷⁷; —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; or —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or aryl-lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; or R⁷⁵ and R⁸² taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; R⁷⁶ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; aryl-lower alkyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁷²; —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁷²; —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹; —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁷⁵; —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹; —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂; —(CH₂)_(p)SO₂R⁶²; or —(CH₂)_(o)COR⁶⁴; R⁷⁷ is —C₆R⁶⁷R⁶⁸R⁶⁹R⁷⁰R⁷⁶ with the proviso that at least two of R⁶⁷, R⁶⁸, R⁶⁹ and R⁷⁰ are H; or a heteroaryl group of one of the formulae

R⁷⁸ is H; lower alkyl; aryl; or aryl-lower alkyl; or R⁷⁸ and R⁸² taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; R⁷⁹ is H; lower alkyl; aryl; or aryl-lower alkyl; or R⁷⁸ and R⁷⁹, taken together, can be —(CH₂)₂₋₇—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; R⁸⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁸¹ is H; lower alkyl; or aryl-lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together can form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂—; R⁸² is H; —CF₃; —OCF₃; —OCHF₂; lower alkyl; aryl; heteroaryl; or aryl-lower alkyl; R⁸³ is H; lower alkyl; aryl; or —NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; R⁸⁴ is —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)OH; —(CH₂)_(p)COOR⁸⁰; —(CH₂)_(p)(CHR⁶¹)_(s)SH; —(CH₂)_(p)CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; or —(CH₂)_(p)C₆H₄NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; R⁸⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸⁶ is R⁷⁴; —(CH₂)_(o)R⁷⁷; —(CH₂)_(o)—CHR³³R⁷⁵; R⁸⁴; —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)—C(═NR⁸⁰)NR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)OR⁷⁸; —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)—CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)—NR⁸⁰CONR⁷⁸R⁷⁹; —[(CH₂)_(u)—X′]_(t)—(CH₂)_(v)SR⁷⁸ where X′ is —O—, —NR²⁰—, —S—; or —OCOO—, u is 1-3, t is 1-6, and v is 1-3; m is 2-4; o is 0-4; p is 1-4; q is 0-2; r is 1 or 2; s is 0 or 1; the amino acid residue of type C is a residue of formula —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)CO—; the amino acid residue of type D is a residue of formula —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)CO—; the amino acid residue of type E is a residue of the formula —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)CO—; the amino acid residue of type F is a residue of the formula —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)CO—; the N-substituted glycine residue of type I is a residue of formula —NR⁸⁶CH₂CO—; the amino acid residue of type M is a residue of formulae —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)(CH₂)₂CO—; —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)(CH₂)₂CO—; —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)(CH₂)₂CO—; or —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)(CH₂)₂CO—, the amino acid residue of type N is a residue of formulae —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)(CH₂)CO—; —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)(CH₂)CO—; —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)(CH₂)CO—, or —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)(CH₂)CO—; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
 2. Compounds according to claim 1 wherein A is a group of one of the formulae A1-A69 and A105; —R¹ is hydrogen or lower alkyl; —R² is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(p)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(p)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—); —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(p)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); or —(CH₂)_(q)CN₄R⁸¹. —R³ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹; H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R⁴ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R⁵ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together thin': —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹; H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: alkyl; alkenyl; aryl; aryl-lower alkyl; or hetero aryl-lower alkyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R⁶ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R⁷ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(q)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(q)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(q)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(q)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(r)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(r)PO)(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(r)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹; H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R⁹ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R¹⁰ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R¹¹ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; (CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R¹² is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)₁₇NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(r)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(r)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(r)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R¹³ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(q)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(q)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(q)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(q)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(r)COO⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(r)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(r)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R¹⁴ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together foul': —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R¹⁵ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); particularly favoured being —NR²⁰CO-lower alkyl (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R¹⁶ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy). —R¹⁷ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(q)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴: H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(q)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵: lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(q)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R³³: H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹; H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together form: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(q)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰: H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(r)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(q)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹: H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together foam: —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₉)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(r)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(r)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶²: lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸: H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).
 3. Compounds according to claim 1 or 2 wherein A is a group of one of the formulae A5 (with R² being H); A8; A22; A25; A38 (with R² being H); A42; A47, A50 and A105.
 4. Compounds according to claim 3 wherein A is a group of formula


5. Compounds according to claim 4 wherein R⁶⁴ is n-hexyl; n-heptyl; 4-(phenyl)benzyl; diphenylmethyl, 3-amino-propyl; 5-amino-pentyl; methyl; ethyl; isopropyl; isobutyl; n-propyl; cyclohexyl; cyclohexylmethyl; n-butyl; phenyl; benzyl; (3-indolyl)methyl; 2-(3-indolyl)ethyl; (4-phenyl)phenyl; n-nonyl; CH₃—OCH₂CH₂—OCH₂— or CH₃—(OCH₂CH₂)₂—OCH₂—.
 6. Compounds according to claim 1 wherein A is a group of one of the formulae A70 to A104; R¹⁸ is lower alkyl; R¹⁹ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(p)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(p)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(p)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(p)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(p)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₉S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(p)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(p)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(p)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(p)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(o)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R²¹ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); R²² is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); R²³ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —NR²⁰CO-lower alkyl (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl) being particularly favoured; —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); R²⁴ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —NR²⁰CO-lower alkyl (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl) being particularly favoured; —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); R²⁵ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); R²⁶ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(m)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(m)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(m)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); or, alternatively, R²⁵ and R²⁶ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷: H; or lower alkyl). R²⁷ is H; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); R²⁸ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy); and R²⁹ is lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; —(CH₂)_(o)OR⁵⁵ (where R⁵⁵ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SR⁵⁶ (where R⁵⁶ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)NR³³R³⁴ (where R³³ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R³⁴ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R³⁴ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)OCONR³³R⁷⁵ (where R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁷⁵ is lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁷⁵ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)NR²⁰CONR³³R⁸¹ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R³³ is H; lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl; R⁸¹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R³³ and R⁸¹ taken together are —(CH₉)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)N(R²⁰)COR⁶⁴ (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; R⁶⁴ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —NR²⁰CO-lower-alkyl (where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl) being particularly favoured; —(CH₂)_(o)COOR⁵⁷ (where R⁵⁷ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)CONR⁵⁸R⁵⁹ (where R⁵⁸ is lower alkyl, or lower alkenyl; and R⁵⁹ is H; or lower alkyl; or R⁵⁸ and R⁵⁹ taken together are —(CH₂)₂₋₆—; —(CH₂)₂O(CH₂)₂—; —(CH₂)₂S(CH₂)₂—; or —(CH₂)₂NR⁵⁷(CH₂)₂— (where R⁵⁷ is H; or lower alkyl)); —(CH₂)_(o)PO(OR⁶⁰)₂ (where R⁶⁰ is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); —(CH₂)_(o)SO₂R⁶² (where R⁶² is lower alkyl; or lower alkenyl); or —(CH₂)_(q)C₆H₄R⁸ (where R⁸ is H; F; Cl; CF₃; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; or lower alkoxy).
 7. Compounds according to claim 6 wherein R²³, R²⁴ and R²⁹ are —NR²⁰—CO-lower alkyl where R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl.
 8. Compounds according to claim 6 or 7 wherein A is a group of one of the formulae A74 (with R²² being H); A75; A76; A77 (with R²² being H); A78; and A79.
 9. Compounds according to claim 1 wherein B is a group of formula —NR²⁰CH(R⁷¹)—, or —NR²⁰CH(R⁷²)— or —NR²⁰CH(R⁷³)— or —NR²⁰CH(R⁷⁴)— or —NR²⁰CH(R⁸⁴)—, or an enantiomer of one of the groups A5 (with R² being H); A8; A22; A25; A38 (with R² being H); A42; A47; A50 and A105.
 10. Compounds according to claim 9 wherein B—CO is Ala; Arg; Asn; Asp; Cys; Gln; Glu; Gly; His; Ile; Leu; Lys; Met; Phe; Pro; Ser; Thr; Trp; Tyr; Val; Cit; Orn; tBuA; Sar; t-BuG; 4AmPhe; 3AmPhe; 2AmPhe; Phe(mC(NH₂)═NH); Phe(pC(NH₂)═NH); Phe(mNHC (NH₂)═NH); Phe(pNHC(NH₂)═NH); Phg; Cha; C₄al; C₅al; Nle; 2-Nal; 1-Nal; 4Cl-Phe; 3Cl-Phe; 2Cl-Phe; 3,4Cl₂Phe; 4F-Phe; 3F-Phe; 2F-Phe; Tic; Thi; Tza; Mso; AcLys; Dpr; Dab; A₂Bu; Dbu; Abu; Aha; Aib; Tyr(Bzl); Bip; Ser(Bzl); Thr(Bzl); hCha; hCys; hSer, hArg; hPhe; Bpa; Pip; OctG; MePhe; MeNle; MeAla; MeIle; MeVal; MeLeu; 4Hyp1; 4Hyp2; 4Mp1; 4 Mp2; Oic.
 11. Compounds according to claim 9 or 10 wherein B is a group, having (L)-configuration, of formula

wherein R²⁰ is H; or lower alkyl; and R⁶⁴ is alkyl; alkenyl; —[(CH₂)_(u)—X]_(t)—CH₃, wherein X is —O—, —NR²⁰—, or —S— and u=1-3 and t=1-6; aryl; aryl-lower alkyl; or heteroaryl-lower alkyl.
 12. Compounds according to claim 11 wherein R⁶⁴ is n-hexyl; n-heptyl; 4-(phenyl)benzyl; diphenylmethyl, 3-amino-propyl; 5-amino-pentyl; methyl; ethyl; isopropyl; isobutyl; n-propyl; cyclohexyl; cyclohexylmethyl; n-butyl; phenyl; benzyl; (3-indolyl)methyl; 2-(3-indolyl)ethyl; (4-phenyl)-phenyl; n-nonyl; CH₃—OCH₂CH₂—OCH₂— or CH₃—(OCH₂CH₂)₂—OCH₂—.
 13. Compounds according to claim 1 wherein Xaa¹⁵ is ^(D)Pro, ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)Tyr, ^(D)His, ^(D)His(Bzl), ^(D)4Pal, NMe^(D)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(D)Ala, ^(D)Lys, or ^(D)Dab; Xaa¹⁶ is ^(L)Pro or Oic; the aforesaid ^(D)Pro moiety and/or the aforesaid ^(L)Pro moiety being optionally substituted as shown in Formula A8′ and, respectively, A8″, as defined in claim 4 and, respectively, in claim
 11. 14. Compounds according to claim 1 wherein the amino acid residues are: Xaa¹: Tyr or γ⁴-amino acid residue of type M; Xaa²: His; Xaa³: Ala, Xaa⁵: Ser, D-isomer of type F, γ⁴-amino acid residue of type M or β³-amino acid residue of type N; Xaa⁶: Ala; Xaa⁷: of formula -A-CO— or D-isomer of type D; Xaa⁸: Dab; Xaa¹²: Tyr; Xaa¹³: Gln; Xaa¹⁴: Lys; Xaa¹⁵: of formula -A-CO—, D-isomer of type C, D, E or F, or N-substituted glycine of type I Xaa¹⁶: of formula B—CO— with the proviso that Xaa¹: is a γ⁴-amino acid residue of type M; and/or Xaa⁵: is the D-isomer of type F, or a γ⁴-amino acid residue of type M or a β³-amino acid residue of type N; and/or; Xaa¹⁵: is the D-isomer of type C, D, E or F, or a N-substituted glycine of type I; and/or Xaa¹⁶: is of formula —B—CO— with B being the enantiomer of group A105.
 15. Compounds according to claim 14 wherein the amino acid residues are: Xaa¹: Tyr, H-γ⁴-DiHTyr-OH; Xaa²: His; Xaa³: Ala; Xaa⁵: Ser, ^(D)alloT, Ahb, or H-β³-HSer-OH; Xaa⁶: Ala; Xaa⁷: ^(D)Pro, ^(D)Tyr, or ^(D)Trp; Xaa⁸: Dab; Xaa¹²: Tyr; Xaa¹³: Gln; Xaa¹⁴: Lys; Xaa¹⁵: ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)His, ^(D)His(Bzl), ^(D)4Pal, NMe^(D)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(D)Ala, ^(D)Tyr, ^(D)Lys, ^(D)Dab or ^(D)Pro; Xaa¹⁶: Pro, or Oic; with the proviso that Xaa¹ is H-γ4-DiHTyr-OH; and/or Xaa⁵ is ^(D)alloT, Ahb, or H-β³-HSer-OH; and/or Xaa¹⁵ is ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)His, ^(D)His(Bzl), ^(D)4Pal, NMe^(D)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(D)Ala, ^(D)Tyr, ^(D)Lys, or ^(D)Dab; and/or Xaa¹⁶ is Oic.
 16. Compounds according to claim 1 wherein the amino acid residues are exclusively α-amino acid residues and are: Xaa¹: Tyr; Xaa²: His; Xaa³: Ala; Xaa⁵: Ser or D-isomer of type F; Xaa⁶: Ala; Xaa⁷: of formula -A-CO— or D-isomer of type D; Xaa⁸: Dab; Xaa¹²: Tyr; Xaa¹³: Gln; Xaa¹⁴: Lys; Xaa¹⁵: of formula -A-CO—, D-isomer of type C, D, E, F, or N-substituted glycine of type I; Xaa¹⁶: of formula —B—CO—; with the proviso that Xaa⁵ is the D-isomer of type F; and/or Xaa¹⁵ is the D-isomer of type C, D, E, or F; or a N-substituted glycine type I; and/or Xaa¹⁶ is of formula —B—CO— with B being the enantiomer of A105;
 17. Compounds according to claim 16 wherein the α-amino acid residues are: Xaa¹: Tyr; Xaa²: His; Xaa³: Ala; Xaa⁵: Ser or ^(D)alloT; Xaa⁶: Ala; Xaa⁷: ^(D)Pro, ^(D)Tyr or ^(D)Trp; Xaa⁸: Dab; Xaa¹²: Tyr; Xaa¹³: Gln; Xaa¹⁴: Lys; Xaa¹⁵: ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)His, ^(D)His(Bzl), ^(D)4Pal, NMe^(D)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(D)Ala, ^(D)Tyr, ^(D)Lys, ^(D)Dab or ^(D)Pro Xaa¹⁶: Pro or Oic; with the proviso that Xaa⁵ is ^(D)alloT; and/or Xaa¹⁵ is ^(D)Cha, NMe^(D)Ile, ^(D)His, ^(D)His(Bzl), ^(D)4Pal, NMe^(D)Tyr, NMe^(D)Lys, (ABu)G, ^(D)Ile, NMe^(D)Ala, ^(D)Tyr, ^(D)Lys, or ^(D)Dab; and/or Xaa¹⁶ is Oic.
 18. A compound according to claim 1 wherein the α- and/or β- and/or γ-amino acid residues are: Xaa¹: Tyr; Xaa²: His; Xaa³: Ala; Xaa⁵: Ser; Xaa⁶: Ala; Xaa⁷: ^(D)Pro; Xaa⁸: Dab; Xaa¹²: Tyr; Xaa¹³: Gln; Xaa¹⁴: Lys; Xaa¹⁵: ^(D)Tyr; Xaa¹⁶: Pro.
 19. A compound according to claim 1 wherein the α- and/or β- and/or γ-amino acid residues are: Xaa¹: Tyr; Xaa²: His; Xaa³: Ala; Xaa⁵: Ser; Xaa⁶: Ala; Xaa⁷: ^(D)Pro; Xaa⁸: Dab; Xaa¹²: Tyr; Xaa¹³: Gln; Xaa¹⁴: Lys; Xaa¹⁵: NMe^(D)Tyr; Xaa¹⁶: Pro.
 20. A compound according to claim 1 wherein the α- and/or β- and/or γ-amino acid residues are: Xaa¹: Tyr; Xaa²: His; Xaa³: Ala; Xaa⁵: Ser; Xaa⁶: Ala; Xaa⁷: ^(D)Tyr; Xaa⁸: Dab; Xaa¹²: Tyr; Xaa¹³: Gln; Xaa¹⁴: Lys; Xaa¹⁵: NMe^(D)Ala; Xaa¹⁶: Pro.
 21. Enantiomers of the compounds as defined in claim
 1. 22. Compounds according to claim 1 for use as therapeutically active substances.
 23. Compounds according to claim 22 having CXCR4 antagonizing activity and/or anticancer activity and/or anti inflammatory activity.
 24. A pharmaceutical composition containing a compound according to claim 1 and a pharmaceutically inert carrier.
 25. Compositions according to claim 24 in a form suitable for oral, topical, transdermal, injection, buccal, transmucosal, pulmonary or inhalation administration.
 26. Compositions according to claim 24 or 25 in form of tablets, dragees, capsules, solutions, liquids, gels, plaster, creams, ointments, syrup, slurries, suspensions, spray, nebuliser or suppositories.
 27. The use of compounds according to claim 1 for the manufacture of a CXCR4 antagonizing medicament.
 28. The use according to claim 27 wherein said CXCR4 antagonizing medicament is intended to be used for preventing HIV infections in healthy individuals or for slowing and halting viral progression in infected patients; or where cancer is mediated or resulting from CXCR4 receptor activity; or where an immunological disease is mediated or resulting from CXCR4 receptor activity; or for treating immuno suppression; or during apheresis collections of peripheral blood stem cells and/or as agents to induce mobilization of stem cells to regulate tissue repair.
 29. A process for the manufacture of compounds according to claim 1 which process comprises (a) coupling an appropriately functionalized solid support with an appropriately N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the desired end-product corresponds to Xaa^(n), wherein n is 16, 8, 7, 6, or 3, any functional group which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise appropriately protected; (b) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained; (c) coupling the product thus obtained with an appropriately N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the desired end-product corresponds to Xaa^(n-1), any functional group which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise appropriately protected; (d) removing the N-protecting group from the product obtained in step (c); (e) effecting steps substantially corresponding to steps (c) and (d) using appropriately N-protected derivatives of amino acids which in the desired end-product are in positions n−2 to 1, any functional group(s) which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivatives being likewise appropriately protected; (f) if n is not 16, further effecting steps substantially corresponding to steps (c) and (d) using appropriately N-protected derivatives of amino acids which in the desired end-product are in positions 16 to n+1, any functional group(s) which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivatives being likewise appropriately protected; (g) forming an interstrand linkage between side-chains of Cys at positions P4 and P11; or alternatively, forming the aforesaid linkage subsequent to step (j), as described herein below; (h) detaching the product thus obtained from the solid support; (i) cyclizing the product cleaved from the solid support; (j) removing any protecting groups present on functional groups of any members of the chain of amino acid residues and, if desired, any protecting group(s) which may in addition be present in the molecule; and (k) if desired, converting the product thus obtained into a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or converting a pharmaceutically acceptable, or unacceptable, salt thus obtained into the corresponding free compound or into a different, pharmaceutically acceptable, salt.
 30. A modification of the processes claim 29 for the manufacture of compounds according to claim 21 in which enantiomers of all chiral starting materials are used. 